Nationwide, the UK's biggest building lodge, said profit had been hit by its "unfair" level of contribution to the savers deposit auspices schema. Dress-burdensome win drop by 69% to? 212m for the twelvemonth to 4 April. It aforesaid the? 241m it had to paid into the Fiscal Services Compensation Dodging - which guarantees savings up to the valuate of?50, 000 - was "unconnected". Meantime, low involvement rates led to poorer reverting from mortgage customers, patch it was besides squeeze by bad debt. Bad debt provisions, due to a compounding of waterfall dimension prices and residential and...Read more
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More Mortgages Available in the UK – Moneyfacts
The latest research performed by price comparison portal Moneyfacts suggests that the number of mortgage loans available to Brits has increased lately.As such, in the beginning of 2012, the overall number of mortgages available to UK borrowers stood at 3,180 which compares to only 2,527 at the same time last year.Of these, there are 280 mortgages... Read more

UK Mortgage Fraud on the Rise in Q3 2011
According to the latest report by Experian, a global credit information group, the level of mortgage fraud in the UK increased in the summer months of 2011.As such, there were 49 fraudulent mortgage applications in every 10,000, which represents a 53% increase on Q2 2011 and a 77% increase on the same time last year.Commenting on the findings,... Read more

Moscow Has Greater Investment Potential than London
In 2011, Moscow topped the LaSalle Investment Management's European Regional Economic Growth Index, also known as E-REGI. Usually, the 1st position in the list was taken by London, but this year things have changed. British property experts decided that potential of Moscow real estate is big indeed and that the city is the most attractive... Read more

UK Commercial Property Still In Demand
The latest report by Jones Lang LaSalle suggests that UK direct commercial property investment totalled £6.6 billion in the second quarter of 2011. This is 24% lower than in the first quarter of this year and 11% than at the same time in 2010.In the opinion of experts at Jones Lang LaSalle, the reason for such a sharp decrease is limited... Read more

UK Property Construction Levels Double
A recent report by Drivers Jonas Deloitte (DJD) revealed that construction of prime commercial property in London almost doubled in the past 6 months.Such surprising activity of UK property developers can be easily explained by increased demand from tenants and low supply.They research by DJD showed that 25 new construction schemes were launched... Read more

UK Might Face Commercial Property Crisis - Navigant
A recent study by Navigant, US-based advisory firm, suggests that over £500 billion of commercial mortgages made by UK and European banks and financial institutions will have to be refinanced in the next 2 years.Since most lenders have already toughened their terms on extensions and renewals, the UK commercial mortgage industry might face... Read more

Santander Named the Best Business Bank – Moneyfacts
Business Moneyfacts Awards ceremony was held last week in London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square. It has been held annually since 2006 and has become a significant event in the banking industry.This year, the "Business Bank of the Year" award was given to Santander. In the past 2 years this award has always been won by this Spanish-based... Read more

UK Property to Be Easily Converted from Commercial to Residential
A recent report by BBC suggest that the UK government plans to introduce measures, which will allow to easily convert commercial real estate in England to residential properties.Not only will this cut the red tape cost, but also will contribute to the creation of as many as 250,000 new homes.Let us remind that earlier we have already reported that... Read more

Investors Prefer German Commercial Property to British Real Estate
The latest report published by CB Richard Ellis suggests that property investors prefer real estate in Germany to commercial property in UK.The reason for this is house prices that have risen the fastest.As such, 32% of investors surveyed at MIPIM exhibition in Cannes said that they plan to invest in German property in 2011. This compares to only... Read more

British Land to Invest in London Commercial Property
In its report on half-year result to September 30th, British Land - one of the largest real estate investment trusts in the United Kingdom - revealed that its net asset value per share reached 525p, which represents a 4.2% increase.The company also confirmed that it plans to invest £1.5 billion in development of commercial property sites in... Read more
