U.K. Lenders Cut Soured Commercial Property Debt as Values Jump
ByU.K. lenders cut the value of defaulted commercial-property loans on their books by almost a third to about 15.7 billion pounds ($23.3 billion) in the six months through June, helped by rising property values.
The amount remaining in default represents about 9.6 percent of loan books at British banks, according to a survey of 83 lenders by Leicester, England-based De Montfort University published Friday.
U.K. commercial property had a total return from rental income and price gains of 14.3 percent in the 12 months through November, according to data compiled by MSCI Inc. That gave lenders confidence to grant new credit, with the 24.7 billion pounds of loans advanced in the first half the most since the same period in 2007, the De Montfort survey shows…
U.K. Lenders Cut Soured Commercial Property Debt as Values Jump
