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Buy to Let Lending Reaches £10.8bn in Early 2026
Buy to let lending increased to £10.8 billion during the first three months of 2026, according to data from UK Finance reported by Property118. Landlords secured 58,272 new loans in this period.
The figures show that both the total value of lending and the number of new loans were higher than in the same period a year earlier, despite higher borrowing costs for buy to let mortgages. UK Finance reported that the number of advances increased by 3.26% compared with the first quarter of the previous year.
This data may be of interest to UK letting agents and inventory clerks monitoring trends in landlord activity and the buy to let mortgage market.
Source: Property118