Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Sub-prime Lending Enters the Financial Vocabulary -- The Global Extension -- Commercial Property Market Context -- Past UK Experience -- A Worldwide Phenomenon -- Commercial...

We show that banks "extended-and-pretended" their impaired CRE mortgages in the post-pandemic period to avoid writing off their capital, leading to credit misallocation and a buildup of financial fragility. We detect this behavior using loan-level supervisory data on maturity extensions, bank...

This paper examines the contrasting influence of portfolio lending and securitization in the resolution of distressed commercial real estate. The empirical analysis utilizes a large and unique data set of distressed commercial mortgages. The data set is constructed based on the recent financial...

The three main drivers of investment activity in the real estate sector have been identified as comprising a tripartite mix of bank lending, economy and inflation, and property fundamentals (Gilbertson 2012). Despite their interconnectedness, the impact of each of these factors on real estate...

"This book offers a practical explanation of the property boom funded by generous bank lending, the impact of the credit crunch on the real estate industry, the downfall of the banks, the impact on property investors large and small, and how the financial institutions have sought to recover from...