Insight

ECB findings on real estate banking do not tell the whole story

Christian Liedtke, chief executive of German asset manager Beach River Capital, argues European real estate is on a firmer financial footing than the central bank’s latest report suggests.

Bridging lender Glenhawk targets growth following £200m funding agreement

The UK specialist lender is aiming to lend £1bn by 2024, with the support of a new funding line from NatWest Markets.

Term Sheet: Bond market concerns, noises around ECB rate rises, industry considers impact of ‘Trussonomics’

Bond investor jitters hint at concerns over indebted European real estate companies; noises around the ECB’s key rate hitting 2 percent spell concern for real estate debt costs; industry figures try to make sense of how ‘Trussonomics’ will impact the UK market; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Industry considers the impact of ‘Trussonomics’

The UK’s economic course under prime minister Liz Truss is uncertain at a time of significant headwinds.

Development finance strategies can weather economic challenges

Randeesh Sandhu, co-founder of alternative lender Précis Capital Partners, says financiers can take steps to mitigate the effect of rising rates and inflation on residential construction markets.

Building behind the loan: London’s Manhattan Loft Gardens

Manhattan Loft Corporations’s 42-storey tower in Stratford is part of the firm’s aim to bring New York-style “loft living” to London.

Term Sheet: Arrival of new UK PM poses questions for lenders, industry faces greenwashing threat, REC Europe’s Top 50 Lenders 2022 launched

Real estate lenders watch for new UK prime minister Liz Truss’s response to the energy crisis, and her likely economic path; the threat of greenwashing grows as the lending industry embraces sustainable financing; REC Europe calls for submissions for its annual list of leading debt providers; and more in today’s briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

Lenders on ‘high alert’ over the UK’s cost of doing business crisis

Debt providers hope new UK premier Liz Truss’s plan to tackle energy price hikes protects occupiers.

Stateside: Multifamily outpaces inflation

Lenders in the US multifamily sector are adapting to the dramatic rental increases of the past six months.

Europe’s Top 50 Lenders 2022: It’s time to make your case

If you believe your organisation deserves a place in our annual list of those making the biggest impact on the European real estate lending market, we want to hear from you.