Buy to Let Conference at Earls Court Conference Centre

Final bookings are now being taken for our forthcoming annual buy-to-let and private rented sector conference, being held at the Earls Court Conference Centre, London, on 22 June.

With first-time buyers struggling to secure a mortgage, demand for rented property continues to grow strongly. So, what are the prospects for the sector? Will there be enough buy-to-let finance to allow landlords to meet the extra demand? And how is the industry responding to government threats to bring buy-to-let lending into the regulated mortgage regime unless the industry does more to help landlords raise standards?

After an introduction by John Heron, managing director of the Paragon Group, who is chairing the conference, delegates will hear an overview of the buy-to-let market from Michael Ball, professor of urban and property economics at the school of real estate and planning at Reading university.

The conference will also have an opportunity to debate whether government concerns about the private rented sector should be addressed by an industry statement of practice for lenders as a marker of good practice and transparency.

Later in the day, the conference will hear a presentation on investment in buy-to-let by Jennet Siebrits, formerly of the CML and now head of residential research at CB Richard Ellis.

A busy conference agenda will also feature sessions covering:

• risks to lenders;
• bond investors’ views of the buy-to-let market;
• opportunities for new lenders; and
• intermediary distribution of buy-to-let lending.

Last bookings for the conference are now being taken.