The margin gap has contracted due to a rise in corporate bond spreads during Q1 2018.
1 min read · 25 April 2018
To move with the times, banks’ real estate units are investing in technology, often in partnership with start-ups.
5 min read · 24 April 2018
Citi and Morgan Stanley have securitised debt written against a Finnish property platform.
3 min read · 23 April 2018
Technology disrupts, but is real estate keeping pace? In the first of a four-part report on fintech, Lauren Parr discovers online platforms may be only a tiny part of the property finance market, but they are important innovators.
8 min read · 23 April 2018
Legal & General Investment Management has hired Lorna Brown from Blackstone to grow its real estate lending business. Alicia Villegas finds out about her plans.
8 min read · 20 April 2018
Adding shorter-duration loans to a debt portfolio minimises investors’ exposure to an uncertain future, writes Will Rowson, partner at Hodes Weill.
3 min read · 20 April 2018
Germany’s HSH Nordbank has been sold to a private equity consortium. Doug Morrison asks what that means for its real estate lending business.
8 min read · 20 April 2018
Lenders stand to benefit from the growth of an ethical real estate finance market, beyond the obvious reasons.
3 min read · 19 April 2018
Lloyds has led the £390m financing of the mixed-use project in Shoreditch.
2 min read · 18 April 2018
Further deleveraging is expected this year, with €35bn of live sales, although Southern European banks still have huge legacy debt piles.
2 min read · 18 April 2018
