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THE tangle that the Government found itself in last week over immigration figures reinforces what many people realised already -- there are more foreign workers in this country than was being officially admitted. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BUY-TO-LET evangelist Nigel Terrington still believes there's money to be made from lending to budding landlords. Despite predictions that house prices will fall sharply over the coming years, the boss of mortgage minnow Paragon reckons buy-to-let is still the place to be. Terrington said: 'The fundamental long-term prospects of the private rented sector remain as attractive as ever.' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHAT'S UP? BUY-TO-LET investors have made hay while the housing market shines, but the clouds from the world credit crunch are drawing in. Specialist lender Paragon plunged after revealing the evaporation of inter-bank credit markets will prompt a rights offering. Boss Nigel Terrington became an apostle for the sector, arguing that factors like immigration will help fuel demand for rental property. Sadly the collapse of the securitisation-market got in the way of his brave new world. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IMMIGRANTS, students and those struggling to get onto the property market are keeping the buy-to-let market in great shape, according to Nigel Terrington, boss of specialist mortgage lender Paragon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]