Paragon
Paragon saluted the Treasury Select Committee's reprt that suggested private landlords have qwuietly been propping up the private rental market for some time.
The Buy to Let Market Forum began yesterday at the Radission Blue in Birmingham and continued today at The Cumberland in London.
Property in the North and houses in multiple occupation offer the highest rental yields, new figures suggest.
Other Paragon articles
Almost 80% of brokers expect that there will be growth in the BTL market this year, according to a new survey.
More than a quarter of landlords are more optimistic about the buy-to-let sector with an average yield of 6.2% in Q1 and void periods remaining low, research has found.
Platform said a fifth of its business is accidental landlords as many sellers lose patience with the slowing housing market.
More than a third of mortgage advisers experienced an increase in buy-to-let business in the last quarter of 2011.
Average yields on buy-to-let property hit 6.6% in the last quarter of 2011.
The press has been mixed recently on prospects for the buy-to-let and wider mortgage market for the next 12 months.
Specialist lending and debt buying group Paragon completed £37.4 m of buy-to-let loans and £1.2m of further advances to existing borrowers in the last three months of 2011.
A broker survey from Paragon Mortgages has revealed that 53% of brokers expect to do more buy-to-let mortgage business this year than 2011.
Paragon Mortgages’ head of sales, Andrew Lees, will retire in February after 23 years with the lender.
Landlords are confident that demand for rental property will remain strong throughout 2012.
Most read articles
Updating your subscription status 
Latest jobs
Job of the week
Search jobs
Reasons to be Cheerful
It's not all doom and gloom out there in the mortgage industry, so click here for a dose of cheer.
Advisers at risk from ‘no-money-down' buy to let deals - expert
How top 'referral getters’ do it
More networks contemplate Abbey fast-track exit
Only 400 homes reserved through NewBuy scheme
FSA approves first regulated residential property fund