Daniel Cunningham

In the wake of the financial crisis, efforts to reform financial markets have had a profound effect on real estate lending.

Economic improvement in the eurozone will underpin a stable year for real estate markets, industry players predict.

Efforts to reform banking will bolster real estate finance markets.

Alternative lenders in the UK real estate market will broaden their product offering in 2018 to compete more effectively with the sector’s traditional bank lenders, the Real Estate Finance unit of Link Asset Services – formerly Capita Real Estate Finance – has predicted.

Specialist UK debt provider LendInvest has reported 2017 lending volumes of £500 million (€563 million), up 33 percent on the previous year’s total.

Credit will provide a major access point into real estate for an increasing number of investors in the year ahead.

As the voting deadline for Real Estate Capital’s annual awards draws near, competition is fierce across several categories. Your vote could make all the difference, so head to the polls before they close at midnight on 8 January.

The attraction of real estate debt as an asset class increased this year, although so did the difficulty deploying the capital.

It’s the news you’ve all been waiting for… The Real Estate Capital annual awards poll is now open, giving you the chance to have your say on which organisations and deals defined the market in 2017.

Innovation in the industry will require debt providers to rethink how they underwrite certain properties.