Interest in commercial mortgages on the rise

Commercial First says 85% of intermediaries now receive commercial mortgage enquiries, with 50% of firms receiving such enquiries going on to process the applications themselves, and only 10% turning the business away altogether. The remaining 40% refer commercial mortgage leads on to a specialist commercial mortgage partner. Even so, it says, there is evidence of potential for considerable growth in the market. Of those businesses that process commercial mortgage applications themselves, commercial mortgages are a core activity - representing more than half of business levels - for onl...