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PERE Credit’s Lending Barometer recorded roughly $31.4bn of new deals in January and February.

The benchmark rates for fixed-term mortgages were in the range of 4.2-4.3% as of mid-March, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield, and the one-month term SOFR has remained flat over the past month.

The index inched down month-on-month to 27% in January this year.

In this week’s episode of The PERE Podcast, EQT’s recent run of industrial sector sales and acquisitions provides a roadmap for how other scaled real estate managers may prioritize bespoke deals over bulk transactions to modernize for the market cycle ahead.

Lending volume is gaining momentum, but several factors are dragging down a true recovery.

Inside: Why more and more seasoned executives are launching their own firms; The PERE Credit Awards 2025 – meet the firms that stood out from the rest of the market; How bank lenders are making a welcome return to commercial real estate; And much more…

Senior commercial real estate professionals are leaving established investment managers to launch their own firms. But the path is not always straightforward.

In this episode of The PERE Podcast, PIMCO Prime Real Estate chief executive François Trausch shares his outlook on Europe’s fast‑evolving real estate credit market, including the fierce competition around refinancing and how property debt stacks up against corporate credit.

The PERE Podcast dials up a keynote interview with Starwood’s Jonathan Pollack to unpack how the firm is balancing forward investment plans, insurance capital relations and evolving geopolitical stressors.

This year’s awards include categories for mid-market and smaller-balance managers, due to the volume of loans these lenders originate and the key role they play in the market.