Hi Folks
While I've absolutely no relationship or vested interest here, I would comment as follows, if I may:
* A 5% yield on a decent commercial property in any of the better locations in the UK, coupled with a decent covenant is not at all uncommon. I'm suprissed at some of the comments above to be honest, clearly you've not done much research in this sector (although entirely correct, in terms of considering the GBP£ cost of funds-vs-Gross Yield). The same point could easily be made, if anyone is considering investing in a house in Ireland etc !
* Basically, the Gross Yielf of c5% would suggest a good covenant and location (most likely a city / very near a city with strong access etc). Can you provide details on who the tenant is, how long the lease is for, where the property is situated etc pls ?
* The comment about the rent servicing the mortgage - purely refers to the senior commercial loan associated with the acquisiton of the commercial investment property (ie it will service circa 70% LTV, with all the €25k investments getting no annual return from the rental income etc). This is done quite regularly by various investment funds, on a non-recourse basis to the individual investors.
* Both capital & rental growth would be expected, but not guaranteed in this kind of deal. Basically, it's assumed based upon historic growth in the UK Commercial Investment Marketplace - along with considering such factors as expected renal increase at the next rent review on the property (I'd guess it's a 5-year review, typical for most commercial investments).
* Points to note which may help some people justify the Yeild and this type of investment are:
1) It should be non-recourse to you, in respect of the senior loan to be taken out alongside your investment, to buy the property
2) It's managed throughout the period, without the investor having to put any ongoing work into it
3) Generally, commercial investments in the UK are to good tenants, on reasonably long leases with no break clauses & on a full repairing & insuring basis (so much lower risk of the property becoming vacant etc)
4) This type of syndicated deal offers "small" personal investors the chance to become involved in a commercial investment - probably permitting them to diversify their overall investment risk etc
5) UK Commercial Investment Market has traditionally been the largest in Europe, hence continued strong demand etc.
6) Legislation is very similar to our own, coupled with there being no language barriers (usually

) & locations etc we can easily relate to - hence Irish are very fond of UK investments.
While there are no guarantees with any of these type of investments, they suit some people very well given there is no ongoing work associated with them etc & are considered, a "low" risk overall, from what I've seen in the marketplace over a good number of years.
Cheers
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