General (main property discussion here) - Are BTL investors keeping the housing market afloat ?

Hi all,

Just as a general point of interest, I read an interesting article in the national papers recently about the huge rise of new mortgages granted to buy to let investors. My question is this, are we all keeping the market afloat by pushing up the prices of your typical first time buyers houses ?

Or do people think that the supply and demand imbalance is the major factor still ?

Interested in your thoughts.

Kind Regards,

FM

Little from column A, little from column B if you ask me. Call me a conspiracy theorist if you will but I reckon that housing will always have a "shortage". But the BTL`ers are a major factor in keeping prices high.