Offering a snapshot of our audience of 40-50 brokers in one of our two boardroom sessions, here are just some of the results.
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Moray Hulme, head of sales, Paragon Group of Companies asked the audience whether landlord appetite for three to five year fixed rates had significantly increased.
Result: Vast majority of room said yes
Rob Barnard, head of business development at Aldermore asked the audience if it expected an interest rate rise this year.
Result: No-one
Rob Barnard also asked for a quick show of hands on whether brokers had done a buy-to-let linked to a limited company.
Result: Fewer than 10 of the audience
Chair and editor of Mortgage Solutions Victoria Hartley asked the room if the quality of lender BDMs had risen since the credit crunch
Result: Roughly 20-30% of the audience thought quality had risen
Victoria Hartley asked the lender panel for its predictions for buy to let gross lending this year, given last year it was £20.7bn.
Result:
Paragon: £25 – 26bn
Aldermore: £25bn
3mc: £27bn
BM Solutions: £24bn
