The buy-to-let landladies named Property Women of the Year in early 2008 have done well, unlike sponsor Bradford & Bingley – it went bust

Duncan Farmer, Mail on Sunday – 24 February 2009

This time last year, Bradford & Bingley hosted the Property Woman of the Year awards to recognise the achievements of buy-to-let landladies.

One year on, B&B has collapsed and been broken up and there are no awards in 2009 – but amazingly, the women who triumphed last year are not only surviving, they are thriving.

‘When Bradford & Bingley collapsed last September, Channel 4 News had me in the studio talking about its impact,’ says Hasmita Reardon, a 45-year-old former nurse and the South-East regional finalist, who owns more than 80 properties in her home town of Sittingbourne, Kent, mostly let to tenants no other landlord will touch. Full Article