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