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Date: 2/3/2012
The commercial real estate market of the UK is fundamentally different to how it used to be, at least in the short to medium-term.
This is according to Phil Clark, chair of the Investment Property ...
Date: 1/31/2012
The amount of non-mortgage borrowing held by consumers fell in December by the largest amount on record: £377m.
The drop was due to a fall in borrowing on overdrafts, bank loans and hire-purchase a...
Date: 1/30/2012
Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester has turned down his controversial bonus, worth nearly £1m.
BBC business editor Robert Peston said Mr Hester would renounce the £963,000 shares-...
Date: 1/25/2012
Gross mortgage lending by the major UK banks reached its highest monthly level of the year in December, industry figures show.
Lending of £9bn was 12% higher than in December 2010, the British Bank...
Date: 1/20/2012
The heads of the IMF and World Bank have joined other influential figures in calling on countries to implement free trade, reform their economies and protect economic growth.
They warned that auste...
Date: 1/18/2012
There is set to be a reduction in the value of UK business premises.
This is according to Capital Economics property economist Kelvin Davidson, who forecast that commercial mortgage holders and oth...
Date: 1/12/2012
More than one in ten small business owners have put their own home up as security in order to keep trading within the last year. Others are raiding their own savings or asking relatives for loans, in ...
Date: 1/10/2012
There is no sign of the UK property market picking up in the coming months, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said.
Its latest monthly survey says some sellers are still askin...
Date: 1/6/2012
Confidence in the strength of commercial property in London has fallen, research by Lloyds Banking Group has revealed.
According to an industry survey undertaken by the institution and published by...
Date: 1/4/2012
Many retailers will have a difficult time in the immediate future.
This is according to Chainbow chairman Roger Southam, who said the sector "could be in for a bumpy ride, depending on the Christma...
Date: 12/29/2011
When banks can't borrow, they can't lend.
A general problem of that sort is a credit crunch, in which businesses and households can't obtain the credit they need.
That, in turn, leads to an econ...
Date: 12/23/2011
A lease has been produced through an initiative between the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) that should provide an easy-to-use and simple contra...
Date: 12/16/2011
The cost of renting a home in England and Wales fell for the first time in 10 months in November, a survey has said.
Rent at a typical property dropped by 0.4% compared with October, to £717 a mont...
Date: 12/14/2011
The property sector is going to go on facing fundraising difficulties next year as only 35% of investors plan to invest in new real estate funds in 2012, says a report out this week from US-based rese...
Date: 12/13/2011
The value of office space in London could be damaged by the crisis in the eurozone.
British Council for Offices chief executive Richard Kauntze claimed the capital will be impacted by an economic c...
Date: 12/9/2011
Attempts to get all 27 EU states to back changes to the bloc's treaties to tackle the eurozone crisis have failed.
Speaking after long talks in Brussels, French leader Nicolas Sarkozy said the 17 e...
Date: 12/6/2011
London is the best city in the world for a company to locate its offices, it has been said.
Iain Smith, spokesman for the London Chamber of Commerce, noted the time zone enables trade to take place...
Date: 12/1/2011
Hotels provide a good money-making opportunity, it has been said.
People looking for the best commercial mortgage may wish to purchase these assets, as HOTELINVEST owner Thomas Wuhrer asserted retu...
Date: 11/27/2011
Chancellor George Osborne: "We will underwrite the loans the banks make to small businesses in order to cut the interest rates the small businesses pay."
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Date: 11/22/2011
Commercial landlords are coming under pressure from all sides in the current economic climate, report K2 Business Rescue.
The plight of those landlords in the retail sector has perhaps been the mos...
Date: 11/21/2011
People should try to gain experience in the sector before purchasing a pub.
This is according to All Party Parliamentary Beer Group honorary secretary Robert Humphreys, who argued "the first thing"...
Date: 11/17/2011
Shares in US banks tumbled in late trading on Wall Street after ratings agency Fitch issued a warning over their exposure to the eurozone crisis.
The Dow Jones fell sharply in the last hour of trad...
Date: 11/14/2011
This is according to British Council for Offices (BCO) chief executive Richard Kauntze, who explained the district contains everything a firm would need.
People planning to take out a commercial mo...
Date: 11/9/2011
Lloyds Banking Group has reported a £3.9bn ($6.3bn) loss for the first nine months of 2011, mainly due to the cost of settling claims for mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI).
The pre-tax...
Date: 11/1/2011
There was a decline in the number of office occupants who renewed their tenancies over 2010, the Strutt and Parket / Investment Property Databank (IPD) Lease Events Review has revealed.
Commercial ...
Date: 10/28/2011
The Spanish banking group Santander has reported a 10% increase in net profits to 1.8bn euros ($2.5bn; £1.6bn) in the third quarter compared with last year.
The results were below market expectatio...
Date: 10/20/2011
The government must reconsider the way in which commercial property tax is calculated, the British Property Federation has claimed.
It noted the Retail Price Index (RPI) has reached 5.6 per cent an...
Date: 10/19/2011
Individuals looking to invest in commercial mortgages so they can establish their own company may be interested in one expert's comments about the need for more accessibility to finance for new firms....
Date: 10/14/2011
The European Banking Authority is proposing that eurozone banks should hold capital equivalent to between 9% and 10% of their risk-weighted assets, on a Basel 2.5 basis, with sovereign debt in trading...
Date: 10/11/2011
Slovakia will vote later on measures to bolster the powers of the eurozone bailout fund, seen as vital in combating the bloc's debt crisis.
After Malta approved the plans late on Monday, Slovakia i...
Date: 10/5/2011
There are positive and negative aspects to locating a business in a Midtown property in central London.
This is according to inmidtown chief executive officer Tass Mavrogordato, who explained the o...
Date: 10/3/2011
Greece has said its budget deficit will be cut in 2011 and 2012, but that it will still miss targets set by the EU and IMF.
The 2011 deficit is projected to be 8.5% of GDP, down from 10.5% in 2010 ...
Date: 9/28/2011
Businesses may wish to locate their workplaces in the centre of London, one expert has said.
British Council for Offices (BCO) chief executive Richard Kauntze claimed areas within the Circle Line a...
Date: 9/26/2011
There was progress towards a eurozone rescue deal during the IMF's annual meeting in Washington, according to those present. But they caution that a workable proposal cannot yet be banked.
There w...
Date: 9/21/2011
Commercial mortgage holders may wish to alter the type of relationship they will have with tenants due to the recession.
Knight Frank commercial research team partner Darren Yates recommended being...
Date: 9/12/2011
Individuals searching for the best commercial property mortgage deal may wish to be careful as to where they set up their company, as some town and city centres in the UK are said to be in a particula...
Date: 9/8/2011
The number of successfully secured commercial mortgages has increased, rising six per cent compared with last year.
An annual survey of members by the National Association of Commercial Finance Bro...
Date: 9/6/2011
More evidence of the weight of claims over loan insurance mis-selling has emerged with the latest complaints figures from the financial ombudsman.
The service, which deals with unresolved issues be...
Date: 9/2/2011
Firms seeking commercial mortgages to purchase office space might want to consider how the use of this building has changed over the last few decades.
British Council for Offices (BCO) research com...
Date: 8/30/2011
Mortgage lending to house buyers is starting to pick up, according to the latest figures from the Bank of England.
In July, a further 49,239 mortgages were approved, but not yet lent, to house buye...
Date: 8/26/2011
More borrowers are seeking out advice from mortgage intermediaries for the first time, says research by Kensington.
A survey of 617 mortgage intermediaries has found that nearly one in five (18%) s...
Date: 8/23/2011
Commercial mortgages in London may be a good investment as many retail businesses intend to open up stores in the city's main shopping districts.
This is according to director of commercial researc...
Date: 8/18/2011
Firms harmed by the recent rioting can benefit from holidays on repaying their commercial mortgages, NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have announced.
"The riots that affected communit...
Date: 8/15/2011
Research conducted by Hatfield Philips, an independent primary and special servicer, has found that industry experts believe that, for many European markets, commercial property prices have not bottom...
Date: 8/10/2011
A new funding route designed to “persuade international bankers to open their wallets” opened up for overseas property investors this week when fractional consultant David Disick launched a new websit...
Date: 8/5/2011
The UK's five largest banks said they will meet targets for lending to businesses in the Project Merlin deal.
The banks said they had lent just over £100bn to UK businesses in the first half of the...
Date: 7/28/2011
Commercial mortgage holders may wish to invest in London, following the advice of one expert.
Stephen Dyer, managing director of Ideal Property, called it a "good place" to purchase real estate, ar...
Date: 7/20/2011
Spain has had to pay higher interest rates to borrow 4.45bn euros ($6.32bn, £3.9bn) on the financial markets.
In a bond auction on Tuesday the yield on loans repayable in 12 months was 3.702%, up f...
Date: 7/18/2011
Commercial mortgage holders may find London to be the best place for property investment.
This is according to Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, who ...
Date: 7/14/2011
Foreign investors are taking advantage of “ridiculously low” interest rates in Britain by taking mortgages out to buy property in trendy London areas.
Estate agency LDG, which specialises in p...
Date: 7/8/2011
Commercial mortgage holders with buildings in London own property in the most positive-looking market in the UK, new research has revealed.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) found...
Date: 7/4/2011
The UK's five biggest banks have launched a mentoring scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander are recruiting...
Date: 6/29/2011
Businesses in London may require commercial mortgages to fund expansion plans that have been highlighted in new research.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and KPMG polled 188 organisatio...
Date: 6/27/2011
You may think that there is not much for which we should thank banks at the moment.
But it is striking that in the Great Recession of 2008-9, they put fewer businesses into insolvency under adminis...
Date: 6/23/2011
Commercial mortgage holders may be interested to know that the BBC is seeking potential buyers for its television centre.
Alongside consultant Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), the corporation is lookin...
Date: 6/20/2011
Nationwide Building Society's commercial mortgages division has completed a deal worth £9.55 million, which will be used to purchase the 38,000 sq ft Stadium Retail Park located in Wembley City.
Se...
Date: 6/17/2011
India has overtaken China as the source of Asia’s biggest investors in overseas property in London.
A booming Indian economy, favourable foreign exchange rates and increasing numbers of wealthy ...
Date: 6/10/2011
There has been a 200 per cent increase in the number of tenants committing to offices in Manchester in the first quarter of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010, which may be good news for comme...
Date: 6/9/2011
The bosses of Britain's biggest banks are often viewed as hunting in a pack, of showing too many of the characteristics of a cosy cartel.
Not today, in front of the Treasury Select Committee.
On...
Date: 6/6/2011
Commercial mortgage holders might be interested to hear that the Green Deal will have an independent body and a code to ensure all improvements made to properties reach the required standards.
Memb...
Date: 6/2/2011
A range of London properties may soon become available to holders of commercial mortgages after Ireland's National Asset Management Agency (Nama) announced it intends to dispose of its prime assets.
...
Date: 5/27/2011
High Street banks lent £16.8bn to small businesses in the first three months of this year, meaning they are likely to fall short of lending targets set by the government under the so-called Project Me...
Date: 5/26/2011
Commercial mortgage broker Crystal Mortgages has reported a record start to the year.
During the first quarter of 2011, the Walsall-based firm issued more than £69 million in terms to businesses.
...
Date: 5/23/2011
Business Secretary Vince Cable says he wants a "significant improvement" after data showed UK banks are behind track in their lending to smaller firms.
Bank of England figures show that in the firs...
Date: 5/20/2011
Banks have been told they will be much more strictly supervised by the new Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). This may impact the commercial mortgage marketplace.
The warning came from Hector S...
Date: 5/16/2011
People looking for commercial mortgages may be interested to know that one expert has said business real estate is a good investment.
According to the Financial Times, managing director of Threadne...
Date: 5/12/2011
Commercial mortgages taken out to purchase offices may be well spent on modern spaces, as one expert has said businesses need to tailor their workplaces to suit the way firms have changed.
Gary Win...
Date: 5/10/2011
Commercial mortgage lenders are more interested in dealing with people buying prime property in London.
This is the opinion of director at Hatfield Philips Dr Stewart Hotson, who wrote in an articl...
Date: 5/7/2011
The euro has fallen by more than 1% against the dollar, following a report that Greece had raised the possibility of leaving the single currency.
German magazine Der Spiegel reported that a meeting...
Date: 5/5/2011
People with commercial mortgages on holiday accomodation in Gwyned may be charged fees for waste collection.
This is according a BBC report, which said the local authority is attempting to raise ca...
Date: 5/3/2011
There are signs the commercial mortgage market may be growing, with lenders increasing their headcounts and branching out into the business of offering firms property loans.
Phoebus Software's mana...
Date: 4/28/2011
The availability of commercial mortgages could increase following a deal between Blemain Finance and Brightstar Financial.
Managing director of Brightstar Financial Rob Jupp stated that the collabo...
Date: 4/25/2011
People looking for commercial mortgages may be interested to know that an Altrincham-based company has taken over the management of a shop and office space.
Regional Property Solutions' business re...
Date: 4/21/2011
People looking for commercial mortgages may be interested to know that an Altrincham-based company has taken over the management of a shop and office space.
Regional Property Solutions' business re...
Date: 4/18/2011
The market ended the quarter pretty much steady as she goes.
Demand is generally good and yields were unchanged on the past month, at least for prime property.
The current prime average is 5.68%...
Date: 4/13/2011
A development in Bradford has been part-financed by a £1 million commercial mortgage from the Charity Bank, according to the town's Telegraph and Argus.
Two buildings containing 14 workspaces and 1...
Date: 4/12/2011
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has announced plans to cut more than 2,000 jobs in 2011 and 2012, in order to lower costs.
The news came as the bank revealed it made a total loss for 2010 of 10.2bn euros ...
Date: 4/11/2011
Large returns in the real estate market means there is "fairly healthy demand" for commercial property at present, a trend which could see a rise in the number of firms taking out business mortgages.
...
Date: 4/7/2011
Demand for commercial mortgages may be on the rise in Manchester, after one real estate firm revealed an increase in the number of new-build schemes getting underway in the city.
According to the l...
Date: 4/5/2011
Nearly two thirds of property investors (64%) believe that banks have either already begun releasing their distressed assets back into the market or will start over 2011, according to a new study by I...
Date: 4/4/2011
Commercial mortgage holders are taxed too highly compared with residential homeowners, it has been argued.
In a letter to the Financial Times, Tim Ward explained that he paid significantly more on ...
Date: 3/28/2011
Taxing commercial mortgage holders with empty properties should be scrapped, since the practice could "scupper many firms' ability to grow".
This is according to Liz Peace, chief executive of the B...
Date: 3/23/2011
Public sector borrowing last month was £11.8bn, a record for the month of February.
The official figure, provided by the Office for National Statistics, was nearly double the £6.9bn forecast by eco...
Date: 3/17/2011
People who are considering taking out a commercial mortgage may be interested to know that Lloyds Banking Group and Scottish property expert Scott Cairns have put 11 assets on sale in Scotland.
Sco...
Date: 3/15/2011
Gazumping is back with a vengeance in the London market as the capital increasingly does its own thing – divorced from the rest of the UK.
Agents are reporting that cash-rich buyers are piling into...
Date: 3/14/2011
Commercial mortgage holders with prime assets may not see much change in 2011, although there may be slight falls elsewhere in the sector.
This is according to Ed Stansfield, property economist at ...
Date: 3/8/2011
Commercial mortgage holders may need to ensure the properties they supply are adaptable for different business needs, as one expert has suggested this is one of the factors potential tenants are looki...
Date: 3/3/2011
Banks cut their lending of commercial mortgages last year, it has been reported.
Bloomberg stated that falls in property prices are behind the trend, while the Property Industry Alliance group rece...
Date: 3/1/2011
Commercial mortgage holders may be affected by plans to change the way companies declare their leases.
According to the Scotland on Sunday, proposals by International Accounting Standards that woul...
Date: 2/24/2011
Another Bank of England policymaker has voted for an interest rate rise - suggesting rates could be raised sooner rather than later.
Spencer Dale has joined Andrew Sentance and Martin Weale in back...
Date: 2/23/2011
Commercial mortgage holders in London are seeing more people looking to rent offices, it has been claimed.
Richard Kauntze, chief executive officer of the British Council of Offices, explained: "Lo...
Date: 2/17/2011
Commercial mortgage holders should not buy a property without having it professionally surveyed.
This is a warning from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) in an article for the Liv...
Date: 2/15/2011
The fourth quarter 2010 saw further modest improvement in the commercial real estate market but pronounced regional and sector differences continue, RICS has said.
In its UK Commercial Market Surv...
Date: 2/11/2011
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has kept UK interest rates on hold at 0.5%, and unveiled no new quantitative easing (QE) measures.
Both decisions were expected, but the level ...
Date: 2/9/2011
Business property owners may consider taking out commercial mortgages for new purchases following news that one shopping centre has been bought at a discounted price.
According to the Scotsman, Ayr...
Date: 2/6/2011
Breaking up UK banks would be a "mistake", the new head of the CBI has told the commission looking at the future structure of the industry.
John Cridland told the Independent Commission on Banking...
Date: 2/3/2011
Commercial mortgage holders may be interested to know the asking price for property in Ireland and one hotel's sale could offer some insight.
Larne's Highways Hotel has been put on the market by KP...
Date: 1/31/2011
Commercial mortgage holders may be interested to know that a leaked email from Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond proposed businesses with empty properties should be charged higher rates.
The d...
Date: 1/27/2011
Commercial mortgage holders are to be hit by the scrapping of business rate exemptions for empty properties with a rateable value of under £18,000 and new research has indicated as many as 990,000 ass...
Date: 1/25/2011
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the government to take another look at its plans to scrap business rate exemptions for some empty properties owned by those with commercial mortg...
Date: 1/25/2011
Attempts by the coalition government to reach an agreement with the UK's biggest banks on the amount they lend to small businesses have stalled, the BBC has learnt.
The plan, known as Project Merli...
Date: 1/20/2011
Directly authorised brokers are optimistic about the growth of their commercial mortgage business, it has been found.
New research from The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) revealed 20 per cent of intermedi...
Date: 1/17/2011
Commercial mortgages for projects in east London could become popular in light of the city hosting the 2012 Olympic Games.
Westfield has sold two Stratford hotel developments to Patron Capital, whi...
Date: 1/13/2011
A High Street banking giant is set to be the latest lender to lose a hefty sum on a commercial property deal, dating back to 2007.
Lloyds Banking Group is likely to lose at least £20 million due to...
Date: 1/10/2011
Commercial mortgage holders will see higher rents in the best quality properties in good locations, it has been predicted.
Speaking to Investment International, Portfolio Manager for Fidelity's UK ...
Date: 1/5/2011
Commercial mortgage holders need to consider the sustainability of their properties, as tenants are increasingly looking for buildings with good green credentials.
This is the opinion of director o...
Date: 12/31/2010
Commercial mortgage holders in London may be encouraged to hear that new statistics have highlighted growth in the capital.
US-based Real Capital Analytics (RCA) found the city attracted more comme...
Date: 12/28/2010
In an unstable economic climate, each investment needs to be thoroughly considered by any company large or small. With few exceptions, property is the largest outlay for any business, whether one is c...
Date: 12/23/2010
The number of mortgages approved for house purchases by the major UK banks fell to a 20-month low in November, figures have shown.
Some 29,991 of these home loans were approved during the month, th...
Date: 12/21/2010
If you’ve accumulated a huge amount of real estate debt, you need not fret. While purchasing a house is the biggest responsibility on your shoulders, often people tend to make mistakes while taking ou...
Date: 12/17/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may have seen a rise in the value of their property, as a recent report has shown the average price of commercial real estate increased by 0.1 per cent in November.
The ...
Date: 12/13/2010
Commercial mortgage seekers may consider looking at property in London's Walbrook Square, as one expert has described it as a "prime location".
Bloomberg is to buy a site in the area from Legal and...
Date: 12/10/2010
Iceland has reached a deal aimed at settling the Icesave banking dispute with the UK and Netherlands.
Reykjavik has agreed to pay back the estimated 4bn euros (£3.4bn; $5.3bn) the UK and Dutch gov...
Date: 12/8/2010
Commercial mortgages can be acquired by some companies with a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 100 per cent, it has been reported.
Writing for StockMarketsReview.com, financial adviser Jim Wright expla...
Date: 12/6/2010
Lenders need to get clever and innovate more in the way they provide finance in order to aid SME growth, according to the Financing Britain’s Growth whitepaper. The whitepaper explores the many challe...
Date: 12/3/2010
Capital and asset management company Bluestone has said it is interested in investing in commercial mortgage portfolios in the UK.
Chairman of the firm Alistair Jeffery explained the firm believes ...
Date: 12/1/2010
The Portuguese central bank has warned today that Portugal's banks have become too dependent on loans from the European Central Bank and will need to raise significant amounts of new capital to "resis...
Date: 11/26/2010
People considering taking out a commercial property mortgage may have seized upon the opportunities that have been described as still available in the market.
The Business Desk explained how expert...
Date: 11/23/2010
The Republic of Ireland's top banks - bailed out by the government at huge cost during the downturn - should be sold, the head of the country's central bank has said.
Patrick Honohan said: "As far ...
Date: 11/22/2010
The commercial mortgage market may need providers to approach lending to businesses differently if it is to pick up, as one expert believes banks are not taking enough risk when providing loans.
Fe...
Date: 11/19/2010
Mortgage lending continues to be subdued, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says.
Total mortgage lending in October was £12.4bn, the same as in September but the lowest October figure since 200...
Date: 11/18/2010
The lending of commercial mortgages may encourage economic expansion, as one expert has called for banks to allow businesses to borrow more money.
Justin Cooke, chair of the British Interactive Med...
Date: 11/15/2010
Britain's biggest banks are in talks about collectively reducing the amount they will award in new year bonuses.
BBC business editor Robert Peston said serious negotiations about the "thorny" issue...
Date: 11/12/2010
Commercial mortgage holders should ensure they do not leave unoccupied property in a state that could attract squatters.
This is according to Paul Shamplina, founder of Landlord Action, who advised...
Date: 11/10/2010
Barclays has reported a small rise in underlying profits in the latest quarter as business continued to slow.
Total profits for the third quarter were £1.27bn ($2.03bn) before adjusting for the ris...
Date: 11/9/2010
Using commercial mortgages to buy environmentally-friendly property could be a good way for businesses to save money, it has been claimed.
A spokesperson for the Renewable Energy Centre.co.uk expla...
Date: 11/8/2010
Royal Bank of Scotland has plunged back into the red with a £1.4bn ($2.3bn) pre-tax loss during the three months to September.
RBS blamed the loss on changes to the "fair value" of its own debt, bu...
Date: 11/5/2010
Those with commercial mortgages may be entering a market that is unlikely to dip back into recession.
This is according to chief economist of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) Sim...
Date: 11/2/2010
Commercial mortgages may be remain easier to repay, as one expert has predicted interest rates will not rise at the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meeting later this week.
Michael Baxt...
Date: 10/28/2010
The Comprehensive Spending Review may cause people to be "cautious" when considering taking out a commercial mortgage, it has been suggested.
Bernard Clarke, spokeman at the Council of Mortgage Len...
Date: 10/27/2010
Commercial mortgage lending has taken a positive turn, it has been suggested.
In an article for the Independent, Hamish McRae discussed the findings from the Bank of England's Trends in Lending rep...
Date: 10/21/2010
Banks are due to find out later how a new Treasury levy on their balance sheets will operate.
It is expected to raise about £2.5bn a year by 2013 - less than one-tenth of 1% of the banks' relevant...
Date: 10/18/2010
The leaders of 35 of the UK's biggest companies have expressed their support for the government's plans for spending cuts running into billions of pounds.
The bosses of Marks and Spencer, BT and Gl...
Date: 10/12/2010
Commercial mortgage holders operating in London are investing in a market speculators find "comfortable", it has been claimed.
Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered...
Date: 10/8/2010
Those with a commercial mortgage may be interested to hear that investors are increasingly opting to spend their money on property in the UK.
Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Instituti...
Date: 10/6/2010
The International Monetary Fund says the global financial system remains the weak link in the economic recovery.
In a new report, the IMF predicts a gradual improvement in the financial system, but...
Date: 10/4/2010
Barclays Bank is to increase its lending of commercial mortgages after reducing its exposure to the assets to minimise the effects of the global financial downturn.
The institution's business loans...
Date: 9/30/2010
The Irish central bank has said bailing out Anglo Irish Bank will cost up to 34bn euros ($46bn; £29bn).
The figure is more than 20% of the country's gross domestic output (GDP).
In an interview...
Date: 9/28/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may be able to charge businesses high fees for the use of offices in Mayfair, as one investor has recently put workspace in the area on the market for record rents.
Acco...
Date: 9/27/2010
The UK's banking sector is growing at its fastest rate since before the financial crisis, a new industry-wide survey suggests.
More than a third of UK banks increased their business volumes over th...
Date: 9/23/2010
Commercial mortgages holders may be investing in an industry that offers high returns as one expert has recently described the yields gained from the sector as "appealing".
Speaking to City Wire, i...
Date: 9/20/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may need to ensure their property is environmentally-friendly, as new research shows this is a key issue for tenants.
The latest Property Industry Alliance Occupier Sati...
Date: 9/20/2010
The amount of bank lending to UK manufacturers has barely changed in the past two months, according to a survey by the EEF engineering group.
This is despite the government and business leaders ste...
Date: 9/15/2010
Commercial mortgage holders in the UK have stakes in the most popular country for cross-border real estate investment, it has been revealed.
According to a new study by Jones Lang LaSalle, $7 billi...
Date: 9/13/2010
Central bank governors and senior regulators have agreed new rules designed to prevent a repeat of the recent financial crisis.
At a meeting in the Swiss city of Basle, they agreed a deal requiring...
Date: 9/9/2010
Business mortgage seekers have been advised the commercial property market is beginning to see signs of a recovery.
Writing for the Independent, Simon Read said experts have been buoyed by a "year ...
Date: 9/9/2010
The Bank of England has kept UK interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month.
The Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) decision had been expected, but calls have been ...
Date: 9/7/2010
Commercial mortgage holders could be negatively affected by government spending cuts, one expert has said.
Speaking to City AM, Peter Hargreaves - outgoing chief executive of Hargreaves Lansdown - ...
Date: 9/2/2010
Gross home loan lending by mutuals reach its highest level of 2010 last month, one organisation has said, which may have seen more money borrowed by commercial mortgage holders.
The amount of cash ...
Date: 8/27/2010
A group of prominent Scottish business people are ploughing about £10m into the Airdrie Savings Bank.
The group, including Sir Tom Farmer, Sir David Murray and Brian Souter, are investing to help ...
Date: 8/25/2010
A CHESHIRE-BASED lobby group for small businesses is warning that inaccurate property valuations are preventing many smaller firms from accessing affordable bank lending.
The Forum of Private Busi...
Date: 8/24/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may consider making their properties more energy efficient after one expert suggested this was what businesses were looking for in a site.
Managing director of the Natio...
Date: 8/23/2010
An influential think tank has warned that interest rates may have to rise to 8% to combat rampant inflation.
The warning comes from the Policy Exchange, whose chief economist, Andrew Lilico, argue...
Date: 8/20/2010
The level of new public sector borrowing in July was £3.8bn, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
It is well down on the £6.1bn borrowed in July last year and brings the total so ...
Date: 8/9/2010
Royal Bank of Scotland's pre-tax profit has risen to £1.14bn in the first half of the year from £15m a year earlier.
The bank reported an operating profit of £1.6bn compared with an operating loss ...
Date: 8/3/2010
2 August 2010 Last updated at 23:13 Share this pageFacebookTwitter ShareEmail Print HSBC sees profits double to $11bn
HSBC made most of its money through investment banking in the first half of the ...
Date: 7/28/2010
Commercial mortgage holders with property in central London are investing in a market that has been described as resilient and attractive to foreign speculators.
Property Wire recently reported tha...
Date: 7/26/2010
The Bank of England will have to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5% until 2014, a leading economic forecaster has said.
The Ernst & Young Item Club said rates would need to be kept low...
Date: 7/23/2010
Commercial mortgage holders in London are investing in a booming market, according to recent figures.
Research by Jones Land LaSalle found that the UK accounted for more than 40 per cent of the ove...
Date: 7/19/2010
Britain's banks are "ripping off" their customers, Business Secretary Vince Cable has told the BBC.
Mr Cable said forcing banks to change their practices would be a key test of the coalition govern...
Date: 7/16/2010
Some businesses are continuing to find it difficult to access credit from their banks, a new survey has indicated.
According to a study by the Institute of Directors (IoD), a third of all firms tha...
Date: 7/15/2010
The UK housing market in June saw a rise in demand for property while housing stock levels decreased for the first time in four months, according to estate agents.
The National Association of Esta...
Date: 7/9/2010
Commercial mortgage holders should take a countercyclical approach to purchasing property, in order to increase returns, one expert has said.
Robin Martin, head of research for Legal & General Prop...
Date: 7/7/2010
Commercial mortgage holders in London may see a rise in the value of their assets and an increase in the amount they earn from rent, as one investment firm has cited these benefits as its motivation f...
Date: 7/6/2010
One commentator has suggested that commercial mortgages holders in Yorkshire may see greater confidence in the local market, as three deals are signed.
Gatehouse bank, Invista Foundation Property T...
Date: 7/2/2010
The Bank of England has warned that a new mortgage famine is likely, as fears of a double dip recession grow.
The problem is the growing reluctance of banks to let go of any money and lend to each ...
Date: 6/29/2010
Bankers will be relieved at the agreement of the G20 leaders that tough new rules on the amount of capital they have to hold - as protection against losses - will be phased in.
Their fear was that ...
Date: 6/25/2010
The introduction of the first new high street bank in more than 150 years in the UK will go a long way towards sharpening up the offerings by other lenders, it has been claimed.
Doug Taylor, head o...
Date: 6/22/2010
The number of landlords looking to buy residential property for investment purposes has nearly doubled, according to buy-to-let lender Paragon Mortgages.
Paragon’s Trends research, a quarterly pa...
Date: 6/18/2010
Mortgage holders may currently be seeing "favourable conditions" in the commercial property sector, which are attracting investment from overseas.
This is the opinion of Andrew Teacher, media manag...
Date: 6/17/2010
RBS has four and a half years to run on its current lease and pays a rent of £260,000 a year.
The Howard Group launched a five-year strategic plan in January which focuses on repositioning the comp...
Date: 6/14/2010
Providers of commercial mortgages now have a "slightly more lenient attitude" toward portfolio investors, it has been claimed.
Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered...
Date: 6/11/2010
Commercial mortgage holders could see an improvement in their earnings later in the year, as one expert expects rental values to rise.
Kelvin Davidson, property economist at Capital Economics, told...
Date: 6/10/2010
Providers of commercial mortgages now have a "slightly more lenient attitude" toward portfolio investors, it has been claimed.
Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered...
Date: 6/7/2010
The number of people applying for business mortgages in Edinburgh could be set to rise as the capital looks to explore new ways of funding commercial property ventures.
According to the Financial ...
Date: 6/2/2010
Independent financial advisors (IFAs) may be more likely to suggest investment to commercial mortgage holders than residential portfolio owners, new figures have indicated.
According to a survey co...
Date: 6/1/2010
Essential Land teams up with Ritblats, Holley and Blake for schemes worth £300m
Jamie Ritblat’s Delancey and two top former UK agents have separately teamed up with Essential Land to buy two Thames...
Date: 5/28/2010
The UK's commercial mortgage market looks to be showing signs of growth, if new figures are anything to go by.
According to recent research by the Investment Property Databank, commercial property ...
Date: 5/26/2010
A lack of supply is pushing rents higher, bringing about a revival in the lettings market, according to the latest RICS Lettings Survey.
The net balance of chartered surveyors reporting rising rat...
Date: 5/24/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may see a rise in the amount their property is worth in the next year, according to predictions by property investment company Great Portland Estates.
The firm has repor...
Date: 5/21/2010
A fifth of all UK real estate debt is in default or in breach of its terms as the banking industry seeks to overcome its profligate lending past.
De Montfort University’s annual bank lending repo...
Date: 5/19/2010
There are reasons to be cheerful, argues Dean Jones, head of paaleads.com
It’s been almost two months since the former Chancellor, Mr Darling, doubled the threshold for stamp duty for first-time b...
Date: 5/18/2010
Fixed charge receivers have been appointed to a Milton Keynes-based residential development, Platinum Homes.
Matt Cowlishaw and David Langton of Deloitte were appointed on 11 May.
The scheme...
Date: 5/17/2010
US commercial real estate has delivered its first positive quarterly return in 18 months.
Investment Property Databank’s US Quarterly Property Index shows the total return in the first quarter wa...
Date: 5/14/2010
Urban Splash is cranking up its residential development programme once again after receiving a government-financed cash injection of nearly £40m on three of its key schemes.
The Manchester-based ...
Date: 5/10/2010
Commercial mortgages for professional premises incorporate a number of diverse businesses including accountants, general practitioners, veterinary surgeries, solicitors, dentists and more.
We’ve fu...
Date: 5/7/2010
Those looking for a business mortgage might be interested to know that there was an increase in commercial property activity in April, according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index from the Chart...
Date: 5/5/2010
Take-up of industrial and distribution warehouse units is up almost 70% on 2009 levels, according to research by Jones Lang LaSalle.
Take-up of units over 100,000 sq ft reached 4.3m sq ft in 2010...
Date: 5/4/2010
There may be a rise in property developers borrowing through commercial property mortgages as the upswing in the market continues, according to the latest Global Commercial Property Survey conducted b...
Date: 4/30/2010
Small businesses are showing a continuing reluctance to approach banks for loans and credit.
In a survey of over 1,400 members of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), only 18 per cent said the...
Date: 4/29/2010
Commercial mortgage borrowing from banks fell by 5.7 per cent in March, according to British Banking Association (BBA) statistics, while the other mortgage borrowing increased.
Low interest rates h...
Date: 4/28/2010
E.ON has reached an agreement with developer Miller Birch to relocate to a new 105,000 sq ft office building in a major occupational deal for Nottingham.
The energy company will relocate staff c...
Date: 4/26/2010
Countryside Properties has won detailed consent for the first phase of housing on the green belt at Glebe Farm, south of Cambridge, in what will become one of the city’s key development sites.
Th...
Date: 4/26/2010
28% of landlords polled by LSL Property Services (which owns the UK’s largest lettings agent network, including national chains Your Move and Reeds Rains) intended to expand their portfolio in the nex...
Date: 4/24/2010
Commercial mortgage news -
Deka is poised to buy Drapers Gardens in the City of London as investors pore over £3.3bn of properties up for sale across the Square Mile.
The German fund manager is t...
Date: 4/22/2010
Gallagher Developments is in talks with JP Morgan Asset Management to sell its £118m retail park in one of the biggest retail park sales in four years.
Gallagher, a long term investor and develop...
Date: 4/22/2010
The flow of net lending to UK businesses remained negative in February, though less so than in January, according to the Bank of England.
Spreads over reference rates on new lending to medium and ...
Date: 4/21/2010
Banks and other financial institutions face paying two new taxes to fund future bail-outs, the BBC has learned.
Business editor Robert Peston said the global proposals by the International Monetary...
Date: 4/20/2010
Menswear fashion retailer Envy Retail Limited has been placed into administration.
Administrators from Leonard Curtis have been appointed on the business.
Envy, based in west London, had 21 ...
Date: 4/19/2010
Having spoken to a top investor, top developer and top adviser this week I have to confess it is.
There are several reasons, some more important than others.
First, of course, the election and t...
Date: 4/17/2010
Mitsubishi Estate Company has put its Bow Bells House scheme up for sale for more than £140m in the latest raft of property assets to be brought to the market in the City of London.
Mitsubishi E...
Date: 4/16/2010
Property company re-enters development fray by buying Baker Street site from McAleer & Rushe
British Land is planning a £100m scheme at a key development site in London’s West End after buying it...
Date: 4/15/2010
JP Morgan Chase has reported better-than-expected first quarter profits of $3.3bn (£2.1bn), boosting bank stocks.
The Wall Street firm's net income was up 55% compared with a year ago, and unchange...
Date: 4/14/2010
The property market has bounced back after its dip at the start of 2010.
In March the number of people trying to sell their homes hit its highest level since May 2007, the Royal Institution of Char...
Date: 4/13/2010
It has been a tough couple of years for people trying to earn a living in the property market.
The slump in home sales that followed the onset of the credit crunch and the recession led to widespre...
Date: 4/12/2010
Rental prices for offices and other business real estate are set to rise over the next two years, something that could increase demand for commercial property mortgages.
According to executive dire...
Date: 4/8/2010
Commercial property mortgage applications could increase in light of new figures suggesting supply of such premises is in a better position than it was during the last downturn in the sector.
Don J...
Date: 4/1/2010
Business mortgage holders who have large tax debts might be interested in new regulations from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
The Business Payment Support Service (BPSS) allows firms to reschedule ce...
Date: 3/31/2010
The Irish government will inject another 8.3bn euros (£7.4bn, $9.9bn) into the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank, it has been announced.
Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said pumping in more money ...
Date: 3/30/2010
Business mortgage holders who lease retail units should allow their tenants to pay rent in monthly instalments.
This is according to spokesperson for the British Retail Consortium Richard Dodd, who...
Date: 3/29/2010
A "radical" reform of the UK banking system is needed to prevent taxpayers from picking up the bill for future bail-outs, MPs have said.
The Treasury Committee said that the public would not stand ...
Date: 3/26/2010
Roll up, roll up. Although Chancellor Alistair Darling vowed to resist giveaways, with the election train rolling into town, this year’s budget has promised a stash of sweeteners for the beleaguered U...
Date: 3/25/2010
Commercial mortgage holders should check the security of their businesses after a number of buildings were broken into.
"Simple steps" could protect commercial premises from burglars, the BBC quote...
Date: 3/24/2010
By David Doyle
The Budget will be a missed opportunity to win the support of the property industry, Lambert Smith Hampton's Ezra Nahome said today.
Nahome, chief executive at the consultancy,...
Date: 3/23/2010
Business mortgage holders who have property that is not very energy efficient may consider making green improvements to the buildings.
This is according to director of the National Home Improvement...
Date: 3/22/2010
Tory plans to introduce a bank levy without international support pose "a hell of a risk" to City jobs, Chancellor Alistair Darling has said.
David Cameron has vowed to press ahead with the tax - w...
Date: 3/19/2010
Duncan Bannatyne has added fuel to the non-dom debate after accusing fellow Dragon's Den judge James Caan of having an "unfair" advantage in business.
Mr Caan is a non-dom, and as such pays taxes o...
Date: 3/18/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may be interested in findings from the Low Carbon Construction Innovation and Growth Team (IGT), which could affect how properties are built in the future.
According to ...
Date: 3/16/2010
Business mortgage holders who own commercial property may consider obtaining energy performance certificates (EPCs).
According to a monthly index by NES and Building.co.uk, 39 per cent of commercia...
Date: 3/15/2010
More investors could be seeking commercial mortgages, according to a survey claiming that many people plan to purchase commercial property in the UK.
Over 90 per cent of real estate investors said ...
Date: 3/12/2010
Commercial mortgage holders whose businesses are in debt may be behind a warning from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) that there could be a "meltdown".
The annual overview of financial risks...
Date: 3/11/2010
Further stress-testing of UK banks will take place to ensure they can survive a 'double-dip' recession, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said.
The regulator said new tests would assess ba...
Date: 3/10/2010
Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, according to new research.
Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards totalled £440m in 2009 - a d...
Date: 3/9/2010
Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) says new instructions outpaced enq...
Date: 3/8/2010
Commercial mortgage holders could see benefits from planning system reforms to be made by the government.
Planning minister John Healey announced today (March 5th) that the measures are hoped to dr...
Date: 3/5/2010
Business mortgage holders may be pleased to hear that consumer confidence is returning to the market.
According to Nationwide's Consumer Confidence Index, there was a six point rise last month.
...
Date: 3/3/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may be interested in claims that retail property rents are unlikely to be changed this year.
GVA Grimley, an advisory agency, made the predictions following reports from...
Date: 3/2/2010
Figures revealing a sharp drop in mortgage approvals in January have confirmed that the UK housing market made a slow start to the year.
The Bank of England said that the number of home loans appro...
Date: 3/1/2010
In a 25-year career of taking an unhealthily close interest in banks, I have very rarely encountered results as appallingly bad as those published by Lloyds this morning.
The bank says the loss wa...
Date: 2/28/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may be interested in the results of the Transparency in Professional Fees report, published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Both the National Associatio...
Date: 2/25/2010
Commercial mortgage holders are being warned to purchase adequate insurance during a time when there are many empty retail outlets.
Aviva is advising that crime and malicious damage are both major ...
Date: 2/23/2010
A Goldman Sachs boss has defended the bank's 2001 debt-swap deal with Greece that may have allowed the country to mask the extent of its debt woes.
Gerald Corrigan, chairman of Goldman Sachs Bank U...
Date: 2/22/2010
Business mortgage holders may be interested in the Office Market Conditions Across the UK report by Jones Lang LaSalle.
According to the report, office rents outside of the capital are predicted to...
Date: 2/18/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may be interested in claims from chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company Andrew Altman.
Mr Altman said he is keen to see the buildings constructed for the Lon...
Date: 2/16/2010
Buy to let commercial mortgage holders may be interested in claims that some of London's Regent Street outlets could see new investors.
Chief executive of Crown Estate, which has owned many of the ...
Date: 2/15/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may have purchased bargain properties during the January big freeze.
This is according to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), which said that there number ...
Date: 2/12/2010
Commercial mortgage customers may be interested in predictions regarding consumer confidence.
According to the director general of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Stephen Robertson, confidence ...
Date: 2/9/2010
Commercial mortgages for professional premises incorporate a number of diverse businesses including accountants, general practitioners, veterinary surgeries, solicitors, dentists and more.
We’ve fu...
Date: 2/9/2010
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group have been criticised by a committee of MPs for failing to lend enough to homeowners and businesses.
The Committee of Public Accounts said the two par...
Date: 2/8/2010
There has been an increasing trend in the last decade for care and nursing homes to be run independently by private individuals and small limited companies, whilst the majority remain under large corp...
Date: 2/5/2010
The Bank of England has decided against further quantitative easing (QE), the policy designed to stimulate growth in the UK economy.
Under QE, the Bank has pumped new money into the economy by buyi...
Date: 2/4/2010
Commercial mortgage holders could be affected after it was predicted that there would be a "double-digit rental growth" in 2010.
At Knight Frank's Central London office market breakfast, the proper...
Date: 2/3/2010
Commercial mortgage holders and investors are looking to London as the place to spend their money, a report has revealed.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Urban Land Institute carried out the rese...
Date: 2/1/2010
The average house price is expected to climb from £167,000 to £178,000, an increase of 6.5 per cent, predicts the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
This increase is far larger than the t...
Date: 1/29/2010
Commercial mortgage holders could see improvements in the market as the UK retail industry emerges from the recession.
This follows claims from the chief executive officer of TD Waterhouse Angus Ri...
Date: 1/28/2010
Measures to prevent taxpayers from ever having to bail out banks again have been discussed at a meeting chaired by the City Minister, Lord Myners.
The peer met officials from financial institutions...
Date: 1/27/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may be seen more life in the market as the UK exits the recession.
This is the view of the Guardian, which today took a look at the winners and losers of the economic do...
Date: 1/25/2010
Commercial mortgage owners who rent property in central London may be interested in claims that 2009 was an "exceptional" year for the industry.
Head of central London investment team at Cushman & ...
Date: 1/21/2010
Commercial mortgage customers may be interested in plans to provide more than 500,000 square feet of office and retail space in London.
Land Securities will begin a development programme in the Wes...
Date: 1/19/2010
Commercial mortgage holders looking for office space may like to know that Manchester's The Hive development has welcomed another tenant.
The Studio, an event specialist currently based in Birmingh...
Date: 1/17/2010
A US-style levy on British banks part-owned by the taxpayer has been ruled out by Chancellor Alistair Darling.
President Barack Obama is to hit the largest US banks with a 0.15% charge on liabiliti...
Date: 1/17/2010
Commercial mortgage holders may be interested in the case of a commercial landlord who issued a seven-figure bill to a council for repairs to his building.
The offices in Bournemouth were reported ...
Date: 1/12/2010
Commercial mortgage clients may be interested in reports of a project which will create 400,000 sq ft of office space in the capital.
The "cutting-edge" office complex will be built at Cannon Stree...
Date: 1/7/2010
Those looking for commercial mortgages may be affected by claims that the markets across Europe "will remain soft" for the next two to five years.
Property consultancy group King Sturge yesterday (...
Date: 1/5/2010
Commercial real estate and office spaces are among the plans for industrial wasteland site Battersea Power Station in London.
Reuters reported that the area is subject to various planning applicati...
Date: 1/5/2010
Whilst 2009 packed enough volatility and uncertainty into the commercial property market to last us at least another ten years, pundits are already queuing up to try and pinpoint how the peaks and tro...
Date: 12/23/2009
The commercial mortgages market is in recovery, according to analysis from moneysupermarket.com.
It was found that the market as a whole has improved since reaching a low in August this year.
Si...
Date: 12/21/2009
Banks may start selling commercial property as they panic about potential losses, the Guardian states.
In a Bank of England report it was noted that commercial property prices had fallen by 50 per ...
Date: 12/18/2009
More people may default on commercial property mortgages and loans, reaching a peak in 2010, according to Fitch.
The Telegraph reported that the international bank rating agency predicts further di...
Date: 12/14/2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report (PBR) earlier this week may well have an affect on those with commercial mortgages.
During his Wednesday speech, Mr Darling announced empty commercia...
Date: 12/11/2009
Commercial mortgage holders could increasingly consider sustainability in their sector as it recovers from the economic slump in the months to come.
According to Clive Bull, partner of real estate ...
Date: 12/10/2009
The Bank of England is expected to announce no change in policy when it reveals the outcome of its most recent meeting later.
The Bank is likely to hold interest rates at 0.5% and leave its £200bn ...
Date: 12/8/2009
The commercial property market will be "volatile" in the coming months, according to the head of property equities at Henderson Global Investors and chair of investment expert Reita.
Patrick Sumner...
Date: 12/7/2009
British banking chiefs have reacted angrily to news the Treasury is drawing up plans for a one-year windfall tax on bonuses paid to some UK-based bankers.
A scheme could be unveiled in Alistair Dar...
Date: 12/4/2009
Retail warehouse parks, prime shopping centres and modern central London offices could prove to be attractive investments for commercial mortgage holders.
Patrick Sumner, head of property equities ...
Date: 12/1/2009
UK house prices have risen for the seventh consecutive month, helped by better-than-expected news from the job market, the Nationwide has said.
The building society said that the average home incre...
Date: 11/30/2009
Higher commercial mortgage take-up for distressed property could be a feature of the business bricks and mortar market in the coming months.
Dan Fasulo, managing director at global research and con...
Date: 11/27/2009
Worries over Dubai's debt problems have driven Asian share prices down sharply.
The move by state-owned Dubai World to delay paying some of its debt shook the markets in Europe on Thursday and thos...
Date: 11/26/2009
Taking out a commercial mortgage now could be "a very sound investment" for a number of people, it has been suggested.
According to British Property Federation media manager Andrew Teacher, the ris...
Date: 11/25/2009
The Supreme Court will hand down a judgement on Wednesday that could lead to billions of pounds being refunded to millions of bank customers.
Lord Phillips will reveal the Court's decision on an ap...
Date: 11/24/2009
Institutions are keen to write cheques to the commercial property industry - which may involve taking out business mortgages - because they see such a move as a "very strong and sturdy investment".
...
Date: 11/23/2009
The recession has become the catalyst for a new era in business, according to a report by the CBI.
The study by the employers' group identifies four key areas of UK business where new ways of worki...
Date: 11/20/2009
Some 12 per cent of firms increased their occupied space during the same six-month period and the survey suggested that the leisure, property and retail sectors might be among the most likely to take ...
Date: 11/18/2009
The City is awaiting the latest rules to affect the banking industry, to be unveiled in the Queen's Speech.
The speech later will include the long-awaited Financial Services Bill.
The bill is l...
Date: 11/17/2009
Banks should pay a new 10% tax on their profits in return for the support they received from the taxpayer, according to the Liberal Democrats.
Treasury spokesman Vince Cable told the BBC that banks...
Date: 11/16/2009
The UK's economy is "on the road to recovery", according to Hetal Mehta, senior economic advisor to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club.
She said that "there is little doubt" that improvements in the natio...
Date: 11/13/2009
Firms holding a commercial mortgage may benefit from a new system from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
The new Ska Rating assesses the environmental impact of office fit-outs a...
Date: 11/11/2009
Lloyds Banking Group is to cut 5,000 more jobs by the end of next year as it continues to reduce overlap following its merger with HBOS last year.
Some of these cuts are temporary staff, but Lloyds...
Date: 11/9/2009
A study shows that almost half of small businesses have maintained their profitability.
This follows recent criticism by Lord Sugar, the government's enterprise champion, who described struggling s...
Date: 11/7/2009
Borrowers in the UK such as commercial mortgage holders yesterday (November 5th) learned that interest rates will remain the same for the next month.
The Bank of England's monetary policy committee...
Date: 11/5/2009
Those with commercial mortgages may wish to undertake repairs on the buildings they own ahead of the winter period.
William Davies, managing director of property maintenance firm Aspect Maintenance...
Date: 11/4/2009
Alistair Darling has welcomed the announcements that Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off hundreds of branches.
The chancellor said the sales, which had been demand...
Date: 11/3/2009
Maintenance of commercial property is not currently the primary concern for those with commercial mortgages, it would seem.
According to NB Real Estate's analysis of Office for National Statistics ...
Date: 11/2/2009
A big shake-up of UK banks with taxpayer support will be unveiled on Tuesday, the BBC understands.
Announcements on the future of Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland will be made jointly by the banks...
Date: 10/30/2009
UK house prices were higher year-on-year in October - the first annual rise for 19 months, the Nationwide has said.
Property prices were 2% higher in October than in the same month the previous yea...
Date: 10/29/2009
Excess stock in the secondary commercial property market means that demand among investors is "predominantly for prime" bricks and mortar, according to the director of policy at the British Property F...
Date: 10/27/2009
Mortgage lending increased by £3 billion between August and September of this year, bringing figures for house purchase activity back to the levels not seen since the final quarter (Q4) of 2007.
Th...
Date: 10/23/2009
Those with commercial mortgages in London may be among the investors witnessing a stabilisation in rent levels recently.
According to Clive Bull, head of central London investment at Cushman & Wake...
Date: 10/23/2009
It has been suggested that "the principal recipient" of recent good commercial property news is the city of London.
Clive Bull, head of central London investment at real estate advisor Cushman & Wa...
Date: 10/22/2009
Firms in the US which received billions of dollars of government aid in the financial crisis are to be told to cut the pay of top executives, reports say.
The seven companies that received the most...
Date: 10/20/2009
There are a number of ways the London Assembly is planning to keep London an attractive city for those with business mortgages and other commercial arrangements.
Darren Johnson, chair of the organi...
Date: 10/16/2009
Those looking to invest in commercial property have been advised to carefully consider their options before making the plunge.
According to Andrew Pitts of Money Observer magazine, there are numero...
Date: 10/14/2009
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is battling to attract more small business customers as it comes under pressure to hit Treasury lending targets.This may prove of interest to those business clients lookin...
Date: 10/13/2009
The number of top lenders that are willing to offer the necessary business mortgage finance for commercial property deals has almost doubled, new research reveals.
Savills estate agency indicated t...
Date: 10/12/2009
UK interest rates will stay low for years amid tax rises and spending cuts, according to an economic forecast. This will be of interest to our commercial mortgage customers.
The Centre for Economic...
Date: 10/9/2009
Grey, concrete, 16-storey Thames Tower is typical of the newly-built or renovated apartment blocks thrown up across cities in the UK in recent years.
It dominates the skyline on the northern tip of...
Date: 10/8/2009
Those considering taking out commercial mortgages may be interested to hear the comments made at a recent commercial property event in Cardiff.
BNP Paribas Real Estate head of research Keith Steven...
Date: 10/7/2009
The entire banking industry "owes the real world an apology", the chairman of HSBC has said.
Stephen Green told BBC World Business Report that a change in culture was needed to improve the public's...
Date: 10/6/2009
A number of high-profile investors are considering putting their money into commercial property again, which may convince others to take out business mortgages.
The Times reports that interest in t...
Date: 10/2/2009
UK house prices have now recovered to the same level as a year ago, according to the latest Nationwide figures.
The average price of a home last month was equal to September 2008, it said.
The ...
Date: 9/29/2009
The French bank BNP Paribas has announced that it is to repay the emergency funding it received from the government earlier than expected.
The French state bought 5.1bn euros ($7.5bn; £4.7bn) in no...
Date: 9/28/2009
The City of London office market probably turned a corner in the second quarter of this year in terms of leasing, according to director of research at Savills Mat Oakley.
He claimed that the West E...
Date: 9/24/2009
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has warned bankers that the party is over and they must realise that the world has changed.
He made the comments in a BBC interview before leaving for t...
Date: 9/23/2009
The improvement in the commercial property market is expected to be "fairly gradual" in the coming months, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Its chief economist Simon Rubin...
Date: 9/17/2009
The price of commercial property has increased for the first time in over two years, new figures have shown.
A study by the Investment Property Databank (IPD) revealed that capital growth in the c...
Date: 9/15/2009
Whether it is homeowners seeking a mortgage to buy a house or business bosses looking for commercial mortgages, it would seem that it is important to get some advice on the subject.
Catherine Hearn...
Date: 9/14/2009
Those with commercial mortgages will have seen the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) hold interest rates at 0.5 per cent today, but there are apparently still a number of financial res...
Date: 9/9/2009
The world will suffer another financial crisis, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan has told the BBC.
"The crisis will happen again but it will be different," he told BBC Two's The Love of ...
Date: 9/8/2009
Business mortgages could soon be in higher demand as reports suggest that the commercial property market is taking a turn for the better.
The Investment Property Databank Monthly Index is showing s...
Date: 9/4/2009
Finance officials from the Group of 20 richest nations are set to outline a commitment to boosting the global economy when they meet in London later.
They are gathering as friction mounts over when...
Date: 9/3/2009
Landlords have been boosted by suggestions that the long-term future of the property market will be positive for them.
Mark Garner, managing director at LettingZone, explained that a low interest ...
Date: 9/1/2009
Now is "as good a time as any" to establish a new business, according to a spokesperson for workplace solutions provider Regus.
Starting a company may require an entrepreneur undertaking research t...
Date: 8/27/2009
Written by Jeni Browne
Commercial mortgage holders looking to offload property may have a famous buyer heading on to the market.
Gerald Ronson, who was convicted for his part in the Guinness sha...
Date: 8/25/2009
Written by Gavin Elley
As the value of some prime commercial properties begins to stabilise, some firms are looking "to get in on the act", according to the manager of the Scottish Widows Investmen...
Date: 8/21/2009
There are some sure signs that the commercial property market in the UK is nearing the bottom of its downturn, according to Oliver Gilmartin, senior economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Sur...
Date: 8/20/2009
The's UK public sector net borrowing totalled £8bn last month, the first July deficit for 13 years, official figures have shown.
The figure was much worse than the £500m deficit expected by analyst...
Date: 8/17/2009
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Research and Consulting has released a report that will have implications for those with commercial mortgages.
Its Global MarketView analyses the latest global economic and ...
Date: 8/17/2009
Japan has come out of recession after its economy grew by 0.9% in the April-to-June quarter.
The growth comes after four consecutive quarters of contraction.
Correspondents say that the rise is...
Date: 8/13/2009
There is now less of a "fast-buck" attitude among commercial property mortgage holders than before, it has been noted.
According to property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), long-term strat...
Date: 8/10/2009
Landlords and the National Union of Students (NUS) have rejected government proposals to limit house-sharing.
The government may give councils the power to limit the number of houses in multiple oc...
Date: 8/7/2009
The signs are clear that the UK is set to pull out of recession in the coming months, it has been suggested.
According to Michael Baxter, economist at financial data research firm Defaqto, recent C...
Date: 8/4/2009
The commercial property sector is continuing to "firm", according to analysis from BDO Stoy Hayward.
Figures from the accountancy firm show that June saw an increase in commercial property transact...
Date: 7/30/2009
The UK's largest building society believes there is a "reasonable chance" that house prices could end the year higher than they started 2009.
Such an outcome was "unthinkable" a few months ago, the...
Date: 7/29/2009
The UK operations of Spanish banking group Santander - which includes Abbey and Alliance & Leicester - saw revenues up 20% in the first six months of 2009.
Santander said a growing range of investm...
Date: 7/27/2009
In a statement that will be of interest to UK business and those with commercial mortgages, the UK's banks have insisted that lending to small firms is continuing to rise, as they prepare to meet the ...
Date: 7/24/2009
The pace of tenant demand declines has slowed, according to new figures which hint at a turnaround in commercial property occupancy.
Figures from the RICS Commercial Property survey show that the p...
Date: 7/21/2009
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Date: 7/19/2009
Commercial property values may continue to fall for the next 12 months, according to property economist Kelvin Davidson.
Mr Davidson, of Capital Economics, stated that while some yields on prime pr...
Date: 7/15/2009
The fact some banks are starting to lend for private finance initiative (PFI) projects again is "good news", according to the chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
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Date: 7/13/2009
LLOYDS Banking Group is set to reveal up to £13 billion of write offs on bad debts when it publishes results for the first six months of the year.
The part-nationalised group is expected to take the ...
Date: 7/10/2009
The Nationwide Building Society has introduced a mortgage allowing borrowers to take loans worth 125% of the value of the home they are buying.
It will only be available to existing customers in ne...
Date: 7/9/2009
Central London office take-up has improved during the last quarter and has been described as "fairly substantial in the city".
That is the view of James Roberts, who is head of research in the regi...
Date: 7/7/2009
An increase in enquiries related to commercial finance products has been noted by independent buy to let mortgages and commercial mortgages expert Mortgages for Business.
Michael Aglony, marketing ...
Date: 7/3/2009
It would be "disastrous" for bankers if they returned to their old ways and repeated past mistakes, Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned.
As reports suggest a return of the City bonus culture, Mr...
Date: 7/1/2009
The Institution of Commercial & Business Agents (ICBA) has called on the government to make clear the rules regarding Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and commercial property.
It would seem t...
Date: 6/29/2009
There are signs that the financial services sector is emerging from the worst of the downturn, a quarterly survey from the CBI suggests.
The UK's finance services sector could be on a "gradual" roa...
Date: 6/26/2009
There are "many more people" than in previous years who are seeing opportunities to start up their own business, according to national enterprise network the NFEA.
The group has claimed that this a...
Date: 6/24/2009
FSA chief proposes a tax on size to stop institutions becoming 'too big to fail'
By Sean O'Grady, Economics Editor
Financial institutions in the City of London are in danger of reverting to t...
Date: 6/23/2009
The future of overdraft fees paid by millions of customers could be decided after an appeal in the House of Lords this week, starting on Tuesday.
Five Law Lords will hear an appeal by the UK's main...
Date: 6/21/2009
UK firms have been told that the government is taking action to ensure they stay in business.
New housing and planning minister John Healey addressed delegates at the Chartered Institute of Housing...
Date: 6/18/2009
The governor of the Bank of England has called for greater powers to allow it to fulfil its new role of promoting financial stability.
In a major speech in London, Mervyn King said the Bank could n...
Date: 6/17/2009
The Chancellor will warn that national regulators also need to keep their own house in order rather than look to new European Union and worldwide watchdogs to monitor their behaviour. This will be of ...
Date: 6/16/2009
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has said the Japanese economy has begun to stop deteriorating, but it has still kept interest rates unchanged at 0.1%.
The assessment was more optimistic than at last month'...
Date: 6/15/2009
The commercial property market in the north-east of Scotland is holding up "remarkably well", according to managing director of building and property consultant FG Burnett.
Angus MacCuish said this...
Date: 6/9/2009
Rising interest from potential buyers coupled with falling numbers of sellers is stabilising UK house prices, according to surveyors, which may also interest those with commercial mortgages or buy to ...
Date: 6/5/2009
Landlord website Smartlandlord.co.uk has revealed that now could be an ideal time for buy to let investors to purchase property.
With property prices supposedly bottoming out - research from financ...
Date: 6/3/2009
The Australian economy has unexpectedly avoided falling into recession after its economy grew by 0.4% in the first three months of 2009.
Increased exports and consumer spending helped the economy t...
Date: 6/3/2009
Businesses should not be focusing on "what ifs" when it comes to organising office space and commercial property, according to one expert.
Speaking at a GVA Grimley/Confederation of British Industr...
Date: 5/31/2009
House prices rose 1.2% in May on April, offering evidence of activity in the UK housing market, according to figures from the Nationwide building society.
The annual rate of house price falls eased...
Date: 5/26/2009
The UK commercial property market is getting closer to the bottom in terms of prices, according to one expert.
Christopher Bell, managing director of the European region at Knight Frank, said that ...
Date: 5/15/2009
The number of loans handed out for house purchases in the UK rose sharply in March, lenders say.
Some 31,000 home loans were granted by lenders, up 29% on February but still 33% down compared with ...
Date: 5/13/2009
The chief economist of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has not ruled out house price rises in the near future.
Many observers suggest that there is still some time for the price...
Date: 5/11/2009
Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face an uncertain time in the current economic climate, according to market research agency Continental Research.
Perhaps indicating the importance for firm...
Date: 5/7/2009
In addition to a recent rebranding exercise, Yorkshire Tourist Board has changed offices.
Having no doubt considered the implications regarding commercial mortgages, the newly-named Welcome to York...
Date: 4/29/2009
As much as I hate gazumping and I would never play that game it is good to see it is back.
This is where someone accepts a higher bid just before completion in an attempt to extract more money...
Date: 4/28/2009
Britain's banks may be forced to stockpile extra capital so they can weather future economic downturns.
Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner said in a speech in New York that he belie...
Date: 4/27/2009
The UK manufacturing sector and exports in particular could help to drive the recovery in the UK economy, according to consultancy group Deloitte.
Manufacturing could take up the slack from a down...
Date: 4/21/2009
Small companies have been encouraged to take advantage of government and bank support that has been unveiled to help them survive the economic slowdown.
Employment minister Tony McNulty gave the ad...
Date: 4/17/2009
The government must lower business rates in order to help companies survive, it has been claimed, something that may affect those with commercial mortgages.
Richard Dodds, head of media and campaig...
Date: 4/15/2009
Interest from home-buyers is starting to gain "real momentum", although sales remain low, UK surveyors say.
New enquiries in the housing market increased for the fifth consecutive month, the Royal...
Date: 4/10/2009
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 0.5%, in a widely expected move following a number of rate cuts in recent months. This will certainly interest those with commercial mortgages.
...
Date: 4/9/2009
The importance of financial advice being available to small and medium-sized enterprises has been outlined by an industry spokesperson.
John Wright, national chairman of the Federation of Small Bus...
Date: 4/7/2009
The flow of credit to small businesses was boosted during February, a new report has revealed.
Figures unveiled by the British Bankers' Association (BBA) have shown that in the month, lending to sm...
Date: 4/6/2009
Commercial landlords need to "balance" the needs of tenants with their own issues, it has been claimed.
It comes following a call from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) for business premises owne...
Date: 4/2/2009
House prices rose in March for the first time since October 2007, according to the Nationwide.
The building society said that property prices increased by 0.9% compared with the previous month.
...
Date: 3/31/2009
A Scottish-led consortium was interested in a merger with the troubled Dunfermline Building Society, BBC Scotland has learned.
The Dunfermline was taken over by the Nationwide on Monday after the ...
Date: 3/26/2009
Small firm owners must ensure they have a "solid" business proposal in place before approaching banks for finance, such as commercial mortgages, it has been suggested.
George Derbyshire, the chief ...
Date: 3/24/2009
One of the measures of UK inflation is expected to fall below zero - a sign of falling prices - when figures are released later.
Economists expect the Retail Prices Index (RPI), which includes hou...
Date: 3/23/2009
The majority of small business owners feel that inflation will decrease or flatten out over the coming year, a new survey has revealed.
Research carried out by the Bank of Scotland has found that 6...
Date: 3/19/2009
The US Federal Reserve says it will buy almost $1.2 trillion (£843bn) worth of debt to help boost lending and promote economic recovery.
It said it would start buying long-term government debt and...
Date: 3/17/2009
Barclays has revealed that it has been in talks with the Treasury about participating in the government's asset protection scheme in order to raise more capital.
Such a move could see the bank obli...
Date: 3/16/2009
The head of the US central bank, Ben Bernanke, has said he expects America's recession to end this year.
"This decline will begin to moderate and we'll begin to see a levelling off," the Federal R...
Date: 3/13/2009
Banks should give local branches more power to make decisions on whether to lend to small enterprises, it has been suggested.
The recommendation was included in a code of practice put forward by th...
Date: 3/10/2009
The start of the year saw a rise in the amount of credit being supplied to small businesses, new figures have revealed.
A British Bankers' Association (BBA) report has shown that in January, the le...
Date: 3/6/2009
The Bank of England is to create £75bn of new money in an attempt to revive lending and the battered economy, and may assist those with commercial mortgages.
Bank Governor Mervyn King said the pol...
Date: 3/4/2009
The majority of economists in a new poll have predicted that another base rate cut will unveiled next week by the Bank of England, something that could help lower the cost of commercial mortgages.
...
Date: 3/3/2009
Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank has revealed that it intends to boost its lending to small businesses in 2009.
Managing director Steve Pateman said that the move comes following a "record year...
Date: 2/26/2009
An industry insider has claimed that UK banks are "willing and able" to supply finance to smaller firms, such as loans or commercial mortgages.
Lenders are "working closely" with customers to assis...
Date: 2/20/2009
It is important that businesses have access to various forms of finance in order to survive the economic downturn, it has been claimed.
Stephen Sklaroff, director general of the Finance & Leasing A...
Date: 2/12/2009
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the City watchdog, has said it raised concerns about the way HBOS was being run as far back as 2002.
It said it looked at the risks both before and after se...
Date: 2/11/2009
HSBC has revealed that the "vast majority" of its small and medium-sized