Much of the attention in the recent global financial crisis has centred on real estate. As Goodhart (2010) notes, more bank lending is for property than anything else and real estate is the most common form of collateral for lending (whatever the purpose of the loan). Vickers (2011), chair of...

A significant part of bank lending in the UK is secured on commercial property and valuations play an important part in this process. They are an integral part of risk management within the banking sector. It is therefore important that valuations are independent and objective and are used...

The terms of a commercial property lease covers aspects such as rent, alterations to premises and the ability to leave; consequently they have a significant impact on cash flow and the ability of a business to develop. In contrast to the heavily-legislated residential sector, commercial landlords...

During 2003 and 2004, the authors were commissioned by the UK Government to provide evidence on the operation of a voluntary code of practice agreed between landlords and tenants of commercial property in the UK and introduced in April 2002. One of the Government's objectives for the Code of...

Leases of commercial property in the UK that are for more than 5 years typically have rent review that is upward only (i.e. at review the rent will be the higher of the current rent or the open market rent). Whilst the rent review clause is freely negotiated, several tenant groups have argued...

Property taxes are an important source of local gove rnment finance in many western countries. Such taxes are primarily based on value although differ widely in the basis and method of valuation used. The Council Tax is the system in Great Britain of taxing residential property for local...

There is widespread concern about the need to deliver increased housing supply in the UK in order to address problems of affordability. One problem in achieving this is the nature of the planning system. UK housebuilding proposals need to be approved by Local Planning Authorities. The system in...

Many small businesses lease commercial premises. The terms of a lease can affect the ability of the business to grow and adapt and have an impact on cashflow. Ensuring that they have the information with which to negotiate the best terms is part of the UK government policy focus on small...

This paper makes the case for doing research on the history of investment valuation. It adopts a cultural economy approach which suggests that economies and markets are constructed, not given; and that economic practices ñ such as those involving calculations like property investment valuations...

At the end of 2005 German open ended funds were subject to heavy withdrawals and a number of funds either suspended dealings or were supported by the parent bank. Fund units are priced by the fund managers based on the asset values of the properties in the funds. The main selling platform of...