The Buy to Let Forum kicked off this week in Salford on Wednesday, with panellists discussing the green agenda, limited companies, houses in multiple occupation (HMO) lending, holiday lets and much more.
It has returned as an in-person event after nearly two years.
Speakers at the event included Phil Rickards, head of BM Solutions, Accord Mortgages’ managing director Jeremy Duncombe, Matt McCullough, national sales manager at Aldermore, Hampshire Trust Bank’s sales director Marcus Dussard, David Whittaker, chief executive at Keystone Property Finance, Paragon’s national sales manager Jason Wilde, Adrian Moloney, group intermediary director at OSB Group and Wesley Regis, key account manager at Fleet Mortgages.
The event is due to take place in Birmingham today, as well as Cardiff and Reading next week.
Here are the highlights of the Salford event.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.
