Archive for March 2010
Fed’s Duke says bank lending dropping, may lag for years
U.S. bank lending continues to decline even though the banking sector is recovering, and it may be years before lending returns to pre-crisis levels, Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke said on Wednesday.
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West Coast Bank Expands Commercial Banking Team in Lane County
West Coast Bank has hired Shanna L. Reichenberger to lead their Lane County Commercial Banking team as Vice President â Team Leader. She will work with commercial banking clients to provide lending, depository and treasury management products and services from her office at the Eugene North branch, 1005 Green Acres Road.
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HSBC snaps up RBS banking assets in India
Asia-focused bank HSBC on Friday bought the Indian commercial and retail banking assets of British state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland, expanding its footprint in the emerging market nation.
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Bank of China to raise $8.9B as lenders replenish capital after lending boom
BEIJING, China – Bank of China Ltd. announced Friday it will raise up to 60 billion yuan (US$8.9 billion) in a new effort by a major Chinese state-owned lender to replenish capital following last year’s lending boom.
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I want to work in commercial real estate. I am working in Hotel Management at the moment, but think commercial real estate is interesting. Im young enough where a career change is not out of the question. What types of things do employers look for? Is there a high demand for people in commercial real estate?
Before a large number of applications were rejected due to strict criteria which catered more prime business. But now there are some more forward thinking lenders who have entered the market.
Commercial Loans
Lenders will lend on the following types of businesses or Small and Medium Enterprises, including retail, tourism, care sector, B&B’s, Shops, Pubs, Guest Houses, Farms, Land, Hotels, Industrial Units, Offices, Factories, livery, Restaurants and Take Away’s.
Business lending include services in raising commercial finance, invoice discounting, factoring and improving existing commercial lending deals. Commercial mortgage brokers work with lending underwriters and bank business development managers. The business development managers show advisors directly how to introduce business often resulting in lenders’ being more flexible in their lending discussions and criteria. This can mean previously rejected cases being passed with even a lower rate than first stated. Due to lending volumes.
There are dedicated specialist lenders meaning it possible to now get self certified, show limited paperwork, borrow up to 85% loan to value and have an impaired credit history. Mortgages will be taken on long leases and a short time of trading experience.
Business Advice – http://www.MortgageHome.co.uk/
ECB lending boosts euro
A second day of lending by the European Central Bank to commercial banks helps to boost the euro.
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Commercial Mortgage-Backed Bonds Make a Comeback
Investors have returned to the mortgage-backed market, as commercial property prices are perceived to have hit bottom.
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New lending system to make CPs popular
Commercial papers, the money market instruments to raise funds of less than a year, are set to gain popularity with banks shifting to the new base rate regime.
Read more on Business Standard India
Fed’s Duke says bank lending dropping, may lag for years
U.S. bank lending continues to decline even though the banking sector is recovering, and it may be years before lending returns to pre-crisis levels, Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke said on Wednesday.
Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
Gurgaon, cited as one of the cities selling the hottest properties in India has undergone massive transformation in the recent years. With strong initiatives from the state government, Gurgaon has awakened from being a dormant city to a fiery industrial hub which caters to all sections from IT, ITES, BPO to the hospitality sector and the more recently medicine field. And as the city wakes up to the inflowing business opportunities, there is a dearth of commercial properties in Gurgaon like office spaces. To meet the demands for office spaces arising out of burgeoning investments in the city, many top developers from within the country are engaged in structuring state-of-the-art office complexes meeting international standards.
On the other hand, it is observed that most of the overseas companies investing in India for the first time are hesitant to invest in properties as they seek to test the waters first. This has created an increasing demand of commercial property for lease in Indiaespecially in cities like Gurgaon. While top developers are eyeing investments in commercial office spaces as a lucrative option; procuring commercial properties like offices has been made easier with effective guidance from realty portals like www.indianground.com who believes in offering transparent and organized transactions. Moreover, the growing demand for retail or mall space in the city arising out of the emergence of the retail sector is also contributing to the overall need for commercial property for lease in India and Delhi, Gurgaon in particular.
Apart from the commercial properties leased out in Gurgaon, NRIs investing in the city are utilizing the homes they have invested in as a rentable property leasing it out for the residential requirements of the corporate clout as it is often seen as safe bet for generating revenues. However, the lease value of properties in Gurgaon is steeply on the rise while homes for sale remain the ultimate goal for investors. As the employment generated by the service sectors in Gurgaon is regarded as one of the significant causes for creating real estate space fuelling the realty demand in the city, the developers in the city are going out of their way in providing exceptional amenities to the homebuyers as the ‘competition for excellence’ transforms into ‘competition for existence’. And owing to large disposable incomes in the hands of the younger generation and the double-income factor, the real estate scenario of Gurgaon is set to achieve new heights in the years to come.