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Strong rental demand means ‘growing need for professional landlords’

Specialist lender Paragon remains positive about buy-to-let, despite a tightening of regulations in the market that has included a major crackdown on landlords.

Paragon Mortgages has just posted a 14.2% fall in buy-to-let completions in the year to 30 September, but the lender believes that the market will pick-up significantly as more private rented properties are needed to cater for growing demand from tenants.

“Whilst the buy-to-let market has had a challenging year, we continue to see the potential the sector has to offer,” said John Heron, director of mortgages at Paragon.

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Heron acknowledges that this was very much “a year of two halves for buy-to-let” with very strong completion levels being seen in the run up to the stamp duty increase in April followed by a “commensurate reduction in activity levels” across the market from April.

However, Paragon’s pipeline of new business is now gathering momentum with an increase of almost 20% in October, which partly explains why the company remains optimistic about buy-to-let.

He added: “With strong rental demand, there will continue to be a growing need for professional landlords to provide quality, private rental accommodation and, with our 20 years’ experience in the market, we remain very well-positioned to work with these landlords.”

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