| Peter Bill, Editor of the Estates Gazette as well as 7 | | | | Commercial property market right now, Stuart Law, |
| others experts in UK Commercial Property investing | | | | founder of Assetz Finance, mentions his experiences |
| have teamed up to talk about how to successfully | | | | in UK commercial property investing and why he thinks |
| invest in UK Commercial Property. | | | | now is the time to invest in the market. Stuart say |
| Fiona Goldman recently interviewed Peter Bill, editor of | | | | "Commercial property could also be new built student |
| the Estates Gazette. | | | | halls which are carved up into individual student |
| Asking Peter Bill what his thoughts are on the future of | | | | apartments. That's a particularly low hassle and a |
| the UK Commercial Property Market gives any | | | | longterm investment and that's generally high income |
| prospective commercial property investor a real insight | | | | as well. With commercial property, there really is two |
| into where the UK market is heading in the next few | | | | ways you can go in. You can go into commercial |
| years. | | | | property by sector, so retail, shops, etc, offices or |
| Fiona asked Peter "Would you say Great Britain is still | | | | industrial. But another way of looking at is, whether or |
| a buoyant market to invest in with regards to | | | | not the property is tenanted or untenanted, its very |
| property" | | | | important to understand that with commercial |
| Peter replied "Yes I think it is, as we speak I think its | | | | investment its not been done before, but when you |
| been buoyant now for 8 or 9 years. | | | | buy a property with a tenant in place, you're paying a |
| Is it slowing down? This we keep saying it's going to | | | | premium for the lease. The lease is the promise to |
| but every year it keeps going up. If you can imagine a | | | | pay, each year, four quarterly payments of rent. If you |
| very tall glass filled with water on one side of the table | | | | buy a building with out that promise and without that |
| and a very short glass filled with water on the other | | | | tenant in place, then you are just buying bricks and |
| side of the table. The small glass for the amount of | | | | mortar. And when you buy bricks and mortar with a |
| property that there is in the world and tall glass for the | | | | lease, you pay more." |
| amount of money chasing it. At the moment there is | | | | Issues such as taxation are important to consider |
| probably 10x as more water or money as there is to | | | | when investing in uk commercial property. Amir Saddiq |
| property to buy. So there's a massive over supply of | | | | founder of the Property Tax Portal says "Say |
| money to property at the moment so that's what has | | | | somebody purchased a property for £50,000 five |
| been driving it and will continue to drive it, its completely | | | | years ago and its now worth £150,000 which is |
| globalised now." | | | | quite feasible, they may well have to report property |
| This is great news for any prospective commercial | | | | values and they maybe liable to pay tax of upto 40% |
| property investor be they novice, intermediate or | | | | on the £100,000 profit. They have only got 25% |
| advanced investors in residential or commerical | | | | left of equity on the property but they could have tax |
| property investing in the UK. | | | | liablilitys as high as £40,000. |
| To emphasise the benefits of investing in the UK | | | | |