Real estate finance has a reputation for being slow to adopt new technologies,. But, as Ross Davies discovers, proptech, big data and AI are expected to shape the industry’s future.
5 min read · 17 September 2019
Non-bank lenders’ growing interest in continental Europe has coincided with a drop in investment in the UK.
3 min read · 16 September 2019
The most important UK and Continental European commercial real estate deals collected in our database, updated every Monday.
1 min read · 16 September 2019
Chief executive François Trausch says the ambitious plan will partly be driven by lending.
3 min read · 13 September 2019
As operational real estate becomes the norm across the property industry, so-called ‘alternative’ assets are no longer on the periphery for investors or lenders.
2 min read · 12 September 2019
The Italian insurance giant has launched its first property credit vehicle and is aiming to build a €3bn loan book within three years. Nunzio Laurenziello, who is leading the strategy, tells us why.
6 min read · 11 September 2019
The most important UK and Continental European commercial real estate deals collected in our database, updated every Monday.
1 min read · 09 September 2019
Investment in Europe’s non-mainstream property sectors leapt last year, and debt providers are increasingly willing to provide finance.
10 min read · 09 September 2019
Senior real estate lending returns are dwindling due to tightening margins and falling interest rates. Against that backdrop, CBRE examined conditions in the mezzanine and whole loan space across Europe, to determine where, and to what extent, lenders willing to embrace risk can boost returns. In addition to data on senior lending returns for more […]
4 min read · 06 September 2019
European commercial real estate investment activity was subdued in the first half of 2019. CBRE data show overall volumes were down 19 percent in H1 2019, year-on-year, to €120 billion. However, debt markets remained relatively active, with refinancing deals supplementing acquisition financing transactions. CBRE’s European Debt Map for Q2 2019 showed that in nine out […]
3 min read · 06 September 2019
