Events Calendar
July 2009 
- Fri 3
- 09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies LLP - Service Charges - The Challenges for Landlords and Tenants
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Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VATSERVICE CHARGES
The Challenges for Landlords and Tenants
This course will consider both commercial and residential service charges and reserve and sinking funds. It will cover the interpretation of service charge clauses in different types of leases, the relevance and application of codes of practice, the statutory regime for residential service charges, and best practice.
The course will cover:
The landlords aims; the tenants aims; the inherent conflicts
Different types of service charge
Management costs
Auditing and certificates
Latest views on statutory and common law reasonableness tests
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 and the regulations made in 2003: changes to the residential service charge code
Potential legislative changes
Codes of Practice
Common shortcomings in leases
Drafting suitable lease provisions
Liability of assignors and assignees when leases change hands
Apportioning the costs of unevenly shared services
Solving the most common problems
Benchmarking
RICS Commercial Service Charge Code
RICS Residential Service Charge Code
Handling sinking funds
Cost implications versus lease terms
Green issues
The day will be of benefit to property managers, residents companies and lawyers responsible for drafting and negotiating leases.
Course Directors:
Derek Bruce, Principal Lecturer, School of Surveying, Kingston University
Philip Freedman CBE, Senior Property Partner, Mishcon de ReyaFor more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry
- Mon 6
- 09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies LLP - Funding Property Transactions
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Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VATFUNDING PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
A comprehensive introduction to the financing and funding of property transactions, including both investment and development; and covering both residential and commercial property taking full account of current market conditions.
Workshops will take place at intervals throughout the day to ensure delegates become entirely familiar with the essential elements of funding.
Delegates are advised to bring a calculator to this course.
This course will cover:
Funding for Investment
Funding for Development
Brief details on the impact of the Credit crunch
Development appraisals
Short, medium, long term and forward funding
Terms, conditions and costs
Identifying suitable lenders
Hedging and risk management
What can and cannot be borrowed
Mezzanine finance
Income cover
Off balance sheet debt
Limited recourse and non-recourse loans
True rates of interest and interest rate hedging
Environmental considerations
Worked examples
This course is relevant to everyone already borrowing or lending to finance one or more property transactions or intending to do so, including principals, intermediaries, agents and advisers.
Course Director:
Michael Lister, Principal, Michael Lister Private Equity and Senior Lecturer, University of WestminsterFor more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry
- Wed 8
- 09:30 - Henry Stewart Conference Studies LLP - Commercial Property Valuation
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Venue: Strand Palace Hotel
Location: London
Cost: £249 + VATCOMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUATION
Valuation is the lynchpin of all real estate decisions whether from the point of view of investment or corporate occupation. This course, through a series of lectures and workshops, will look at the role of valuation in commercial property markets and the importance of pricing to market.
The course will cover:
Why are valuations needed?
Property as an investment
Portfolio Valuations
Bank Lending
Corporate Strategy
Stock Market Valuations
Types of Commercial Property:
Offices
Shops
Industrial
Warehousing
Medical
Leisure
Development
Rules and Regulations:
RICS Valuation Standards
International and European Valuation Standards and Guidance
Issues:
Valuing in a market with little or no activity
Valuation Variance
Valuation Uncertainty
Discounted Cash Flow techniques quarterly in advance
Identifying areas of possible confusion, misinterpretation and potential conflict
Course Director:
Nick French, Professor in Real Estate & DTZ Fellow in Commercial Property, Oxford Brookes UniversityFor more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry
- Thu 9
- 09:00 - 4i Forum in association with the UK Chapter of CoreNet Global - Winning Strategies in a Downturn: how to grow market share in a recession
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Venue: Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, SW1Y 5ED
Location: London
Cost: £75.00The 4i Forum is a series of hard-hitting one-day seminars that address a gap in the property industrys traditional learning curriculum. The aim is to provide Corporate Real Estate professionals with the skills to influence and promote CRE functions within their business. The events are designed to encourage strategic thinking and the development of breakthrough ideas by linking the CRE role with overall business objectives. Debate and discussion is encouraged between participants and key speakers welcome questions to drive and shape the days outcomes.
Hosted by behavioural economist Roger Martin-Fagg, the interactive one-day event entitled Winning Strategies in a Downturn: how to grow market share in a recession aims to equip participants with the tools necessary to formulate and implement a successful strategy to weather the recession and beyond. The event will examine companies who adopted innovative approaches that have translated into profitable actions and identify some of the must do strategies to remain competitive in the current economic climate. Participants will leave the forum with a clear idea of where we are in economic terms, how to develop a winning strategy and the ability to articulate their value proposition in the new economy.
The UK Chapter of CoreNet Global has subsidised members attendance so the cost is just £75, but numbers are limited. Further details are available at www.4iforum.com.For more information on this event click here to send an email enquiry
Andrew Caplin Commercial