Commercial ventures

Imagine if a client wants you to arrange a mortgage to help them buy commercial property, having heard that yields over the last five years have outperformed the stock market, averaging 10-11% a year. By commercial property I mean shops, offices, warehouses, factories, pubs, hotels, nursing homes, and so on. In fact, any property that is not entirely residential but used primarily for some business purpose. The property should be freehold or on a long ground lease à few lenders will advance on occupational leases with less than 45 years unexpired. Is the client looking for an investm...