One in five new Buy-to-Let companies founded this year was founded by foreign investors, research shows.
Figures from Hamptons show that foreign Buy-to-Let companies formed 20% of the establishment between January and August 2025, an increase of 13% in 2016, while the mortgage provider together says that his own data ties back to the findings.
Investors from India have founded 684 new companies this year, while Nigerians have founded 647.
The figures are reflected by mortgage data from Samen, which shows that between September 2024 and August 2025 it borrowed more than £ 16.5 million in loans to foreign real estate investors.
Together, an average of £ 1.38 million a month grants foreign investors and the average loan size is £ 139.032.
However, the lender says that this trend can be tested by the upcoming autumn statement, which is expected to introduce new real estate tax.
These can include potential national insurance costs due to rental income.
Together, Chief Commercial Officer Ryan Etchells, says: “Foreign investors offer a much needed injection of capital at a time when the domestic investments in the UK are limited, which facilitates the pressure on the private rental market and the housing stock is supported.
“London has traditionally been seen as the best city for foreign investments, but in recent years we have seen the rest of the country a dramatic growth.
“For example, in the East and West – Midlands and in Scotland, foreign property has more than doubled since 2016.
“This diversification benefits communities nationally, so that economic activities are distributed outside the capital, support local jobs and provide houses.
“Ultimately, foreign investments is not only about property of real estate, it shows that there is trust in the legal and financial systems of the VK and can be a real benefit for our struggling rental market.”