Demand for rental property continues according to lettings members of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).

The increase in Eastern Europe immigration, buoyant employment conditions and the demand from those who cannot afford to buy has contributed to a thriving rental market throughout most of the UK in the first quarter of 2007.

This has meant that landlords in many areas are able to achieve their desired rental yields despite the increase in the number of buy-to-let investors and property available to rent.