Buy-to-let investors up 8%

The total number of buy-to-let investors has risen to a record 1.63m a rise of 8% over the year.

Net income to these residential investors reached £13.1 bn this is up 8% on the year previous from £12.1 bn. the capital growth recorded by residential property was more than 7% in 2014 and 16% for London property.

This compares to a miserly increase of 0.7% in the FTSE 100 over the same period.

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