The buy-to-let market remains a strong and attractive option for investors in the UK, despite a period of Brexit-related uncertainty.

The Rent Check report has revealed rents for three-bedroom properties rose in all regions in the year to Q4 2016, 84 per cent of landlords are currently making a profit from their portfolios and 37 per cent of those letting a property expect rental growth in the next six months.

It also explained that a number of fundamental factors behind the success of the buy-to-let sector continue to be unchanged even now Article 50 has been triggered and the  departure from the EU is less than two years away.

Trends that have defined the property market in recent years and allowed the private rental market to grow and flourish remain exactly the same.

These include the fact house building is far lower than required to redress the imbalance between supply and demand, the supply of land for new homes remains extremely limited, builders are slowing production in order to maximise prices and demand for property especially in London, the south-east and major economic hubs  is consistently high.

Despite the uncertainty of Brexit and the increased tax charges imposed on investors, it is clear the buy-to-let market will continue to offer a tremendous return to investors in the years to come.

The Rent Check report concluded that the private rental market will continue to play a crucial part in the UKs housing set-up in the coming years and described the emerging build-to-rent sector as encouraging.

Allison adds: The UK has always been a nation in which people dream of owning their own home, but the rental market is going to play a key role in solving the country’s housing crisis and a specific build-to-rent industry is just as valuable as new homes to buy.

Providing investors are happy to take a medium to long-term approach in which they absorb initial investment costs, they will benefit from high demand, soaring capital growth rates and increasing rents – all of which results in a huge return.