Net lending to commercial property totalled around £1.5bn in April, weaker than the strong March reading of £2.5bn. The softer April reading likely reflected a slowdown in the investment transactions underlying the loans as a result of the rise in uncertainty and interest rates driven by the Iran war as well as higher construction costs weighing on new development lending.
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