Investors will continue a flight to security in 2018 as political stability remains a chief concern but the fog of Brexit should reveal a path ahead, forecasts David Seymour, real estate partner, at the law firm Ropes & Gray.
3 min read · 28 December 2017
As we enter a new year, real estate markets are changing fast and lenders should reconsider assumptions about property fundamentals, writes Yolande Barnes, head of Savills World Research.
3 min read · 27 December 2017
Anne Gales, founding partner at Capital advisory firm Threadmark sees four strategies in Europe that should resonate with investors and managers keen to minimise risk next year.
3 min read · 26 December 2017
The attraction of real estate debt as an asset class increased this year, although so did the difficulty deploying the capital.
3 min read · 21 December 2017
Deutsche Hypo’s purchase by one of its rival real estate lenders could prove a canny move.
3 min read · 14 December 2017
Innovation in the industry will require debt providers to rethink how they underwrite certain properties.
3 min read · 07 December 2017
The UK’s first interest rate rise in a decade has not ruffled feathers in the real estate market, and nor should it, comments Colliers’ Walter Boettcher (pictured).
3 min read · 06 December 2017
Work needs to be done, but ‘adjusted market value’ can alert property lenders to looming drops in value, in good time, argues Rupert Clarke (pictured) of the Property Industry Alliance
2 min read · 05 December 2017
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s UK CMBS deal shows investment banks remain determined to finance European real estate in this late-cycle market.
3 min read · 30 November 2017
When it comes to financing residential, it would be wise to choose schemes local people can afford to live in.
3 min read · 23 November 2017
