To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords who have used a buy-to-let mortgage since the first buy-to-let mortgage was issued in 1996.
Answered by
John Glen Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 15th November 2021
According to data from UK Finance, 4.1 million buy-to-let mortgages have been advanced since 2000. However, it is not possible to determine if any given buy-to-let mortgage has been given to a landlord who has taken out other buy-to-let mortgages, so it is not possible to provide a number of landlords for this period. This figure includes both total purchases and remortgages. Figures prior to this date are not available on a comparable basis.