In the darkest days of the credit crunch, one claim was made so regularly, you might have believed it. This was that buy-to-let was dead, a victim of a housing boom that had turned to bust. “Bye-bye, buy-to-let” was an irresistible headline. We now know reports of its death were exaggerated. Cluttons estate agency reports a 40% increase in demand for property — concentrated around the £500,000 mark — from professionals such as solicitors, accountants and doctors investing for the first time.
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