Best practices in commercial real estate financing a guide to commercial mortgage transactions in the USA

The article states that a loan secured by commercial property (commercial mortgages), as one of the most popular types of corporate loans has a number of advantages compared to other types of borrowing: the borrower is able to quickly get the necessary amount of money for any need - business expansion, working capital, ability to Finance large deals, and the disposal of banks remains liquid assets, quick sale which will cover damages in case of default by the cus-tomer of the terms of the loan. It is confirmed that the product is characterized by specific risks, often resulting in refusal of credit or their manifestations in the course of servicing the debt: unac-ceptable for the lender level of capitalization and liquidity of the collateral, the degree of occupan-cy of commercial real estate and the level of indexing of interest rates on leases; rental impropriety of the object for commercial use; encumbrances accept collateral in other liabilities etc. It is noted that one of the ways to improve the process of commercial mortgage lending in order to reduce transaction risks is its standardization. In the Russian Federation, the Association of Russian Banks is developing banking standards, which to date has approved more than fifteen standards (most of them are banking business process quality standards and methodological documents). It is pro-posed to develop a Standard for the lending process secured by commercial real estate; a matrix of requirements for the components of this process is provided, reflecting the best practices of leading Russian banks working in the field of commercial mortgages. In using the Standard, stakeholders are both credit institutions and borrowers.

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Measuring European property investment performance: comparing different approaches

Journal of European Real Estate Research ◽

10.1108/jerer-10-2013-0022 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 112-132 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Steven Devaney

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Asset Allocation ◽

Sample Selection ◽

Real Estate Market ◽

Commercial Real Estate ◽

Investment Performance ◽

Content Type ◽

Real Estate Markets ◽

Country Level ◽

The Usa

Purpose – Price indices for commercial real estate markets are difficult to construct because assets are heterogeneous, they are spatially dispersed and they are infrequently traded. Appraisal-based indices are one response to these problems, but may understate volatility or fail to capture turning points in a timely manner. This paper estimates “transaction linked indices” for major European markets to see whether these offer a different perspective on market performance. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The assessed value method is used to construct the indices. This has been recently applied to commercial real estate datasets in the USA and UK. The underlying data comprise appraisals and sale prices for assets monitored by Investment Property Databank (IPD). The indices are compared to appraisal-based series for the countries concerned for Q4 2001 to Q4 2012. Findings – Transaction linked indices show stronger growth and sharper declines over the course of the cycle, but they do not notably lead their appraisal-based counterparts. They are typically two to four times more volatile. Research limitations/implications – Only country-level indicators can be constructed in many cases owing to low trading volumes in the period studied, and this same issue prevented sample selection bias from being analysed in depth. Originality/value – Discussion of the utility of transaction-based price indicators is extended to European commercial real estate markets. The indicators offer alternative estimates of real estate market volatility that may be useful in asset allocation and risk modelling, including in a regulatory context.

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