A working group of financiers and investors active in the UK build-to-rent residential sector has been assembled by industry body the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC) Europe in a bid to promote greater awareness of the challenges of financing the fledgling sector.
4 min read · 31 March 2017
The triggering of Article 50 passed with little reaction from the real estate finance industry, but it brings into sharp focus the political and economic challenges facing the UK and Europe.
3 min read · 30 March 2017
The steady depreciation of Britain’s currency since it voted to leave the European Union back in June has led to a surge of investment from Asia Pacific in to its property markets, according to JLL, which said this investment spike will continue if the sterling continues to lose value, writes Real Estate Capital’s sister publication, PERE.
2 min read · 30 March 2017
Great Portland Estates has turned to the US private placement market to raise £175 million of fresh capital.
2 min read · 29 March 2017
Starwood Capital’s listed property debt fund, Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited (SEREFL), originated £175.9 million of debt during 2016, against a backdrop of “greater than usual” loan repayments.
2 min read · 29 March 2017
M&G Investments has provided a £70 million (€81 million) whole loan to private property advisory and investment management company Rocket Investments, secured by a London hotel.
1 min read · 28 March 2017
Global real estate ‘dry powder’ has hit $1.7 trillion driven by stronger economic growth, greater debt availability and growing investor confidence, said the CBRE Global Investor Intentions Survey 2017.
2 min read · 27 March 2017
Lloyds has refinanced £61 million of debt secured by a portfolio of UK business centres through its Green Lending Initiative.
1 min read · 24 March 2017
Attempts to clamp down on multinationals avoiding taxes have inadvertently embroiled the world of real estate lending.
3 min read · 24 March 2017
A majority of property investors (71 percent) have a currency hedging strategy in place, with more than half of these (52 percent) hedging US dollars, according to research from INREV and academics at Western Sydney University.
2 min read · 22 March 2017
