â¢Lloyds Posts $5.2 Billion First-Half Loss on Corporate, Real Estate Loans Yippee Kiyea. This is the tip of the spear in a year with massive commercial real estate loan defaults, stretching deeply into the far and wide (maybe 2012 or beyond?) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ab1.jII1OM1g