This overview is a guide to the Banking & Finance content within the Methods of investing in real estate subtopic, with links to the appropriate materials.
The term ‘real estate finance’ can cover a variety of types of transaction, including what is considered to be traditional real estate finance, whereby a lender or group of lenders provides a loan to a borrower to assist the borrower with:
purchasing a property or portfolio of properties, and/or
developing a property or group of properties
A loan structure is by far the most commonly used method of investing in real estate. However, other less common structures such as Islamic finance and residential and commercial mortgage-backed securitisations can also be used as a financing technique for real estate finance.
Other real estate investment structures include:
sale and leaseback
real estate investment trusts (REITs), and
property derivatives
Real estate finance in the form of lending against the cash flow generated by a property is thought of as
To view the latest version of this document and thousands of others like it, sign-in with LexisNexis or register for a free trial.
**Trials are provided to all LexisNexis content, excluding Practice Compliance, Practice Management and Risk and Compliance, subscription packages are tailored to your specific needs. To discuss trialling these LexisNexis services please email customer service via our online form. Free trials are only available to individuals based in the UK, Ireland and selected UK overseas territories and Caribbean countries. We may terminate this trial at any time or decide not to give a trial, for any reason. Trial includes one question to LexisAsk during the length of the trial.
Banking & Finance analysis: The Iran conflict has become a significant legal and operational issue for global energy, materials and equipment supply...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has responded to the Bank of England’s (BoE) consultation on its approach to using...
Companies House has announced that the government will implement the accounts filing reforms introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate...
Banking & Finance analysis: Stefanie Price, partner and co-head of London Real Estate, and Jack McCaw, senior associate, both at Baker McKenzie,...
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
0330 161 1234