It seems absurd that the government is happy to subsidise property investment, BTL investors can basically offset the interest paid on their mortgage against rental income to reduce the amount of tax paid. On the other hand the tenants/homebuyers do not enjoy any tax relief.
Fair? No!
If you agree sign the below petition:
''Remove tax breaks from buy to let investors and use the revenue raised to reduce stamp duty for homebuyers.''
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BTLtaxbreak/