As 2026 is officially underway, the state of the Buy-to-Let subset of the UK property market can be classified as “continued recovery.”
In 2025, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) estimated a 15% increase in BTL lending, totalling around £39 billion in gross lending.
Forecasts for the UK buy-to-let (BTL) market size in 2026 predict overall gross lending of around £40 to £44 billion, suggesting the continued recovery amid modest growth.
As interest rates fall to their lowest in years and the impending Renter’s Rights Act could potentially cause a churn with amateur landlords leaving the market, professional portfolio landlords are in a great position to purchase properties with improved rental yields and greater investment opportunities.
At LendInvest, we’ve always been committed to making the lending process as simple as possible for brokers and their clients.
How LendInvest can cut the complex for your BTL clients:
- Incentivised products giving your client options that cashback or a free valuation
- No minimum income requirement across entire range of products Our Mortgages Portal allows you to easily
- Expat products for an individual borrower, not just SPVs or Limited Companies
- All cases managed in our Mortgages Portal with direct access to underwriters, BDMs and pre/post offer managers
Read more about all of our recent updates to our buy-to-let offering, including new products and enhanced criteria.
If you’re a broker looking to support BTL clients this year, get registered in our Mortgages Portal today!