Roundtables

Roundtable: Competitive pressures weigh on US managers

Rising competition is making it more difficult for US debt fund managers to deploy capital.

10 min read · 01 June 2026

Roundtable: Alternative lending market braces for volatility

The participants in Real Estate Capital Europe’s roundtable discuss the fallout from tariffs and assess the prospects for non-bank lending.

10 min read · 02 June 2025

Roundtable: A fresh take on Germany’s future

Real estate specialists say the country’s market needs innovative lending solutions

10 min read · 02 September 2024

Roundtable: Opportunity in Europe tempered by complexity

Conditions in European real estate debt markets favour alternative lenders. But sluggish investment activity is picking up only slowly, and underwriting remains challenging, say roundtable participants.

10 min read · 03 June 2024

Testing times for German real estate

Rate hikes have had a huge impact on the German real estate financing sector. But our roundtable participants argue the market can weather the storm.

10 min read · 01 September 2023

Roundtable: Alternative lending is entering a time of opportunity and challenge

For the alternative lenders participating in Real Estate Capital Europe’s roundtable, market conditions seem conducive to grow their loan books. But the apparent opening is not without complications.

10 min read · 07 June 2023

Roundtable: Spain’s lending market adjusts to tough times

The country’s real estate financing market is much better positioned to weather this economic crisis than the last one, argue the participants in Real Estate Capital Europe’s Spain roundtable.

10 min read · 01 December 2022

Roundtable: Plotting the middle course

The participants in Real Estate Capital Europe’s mid-market roundtable seek to discover opportunity in a segment buffeted by economic headwinds.

10 min read · 01 September 2022

Roundtable: Alternative lenders hunt for France’s opportunities

Retrenchment among the big domestic banks that dominate the French market has created opportunities for debt funds – when sponsors are willing to pay the price.

10 min read · 02 June 2021

Alternative lenders eye a greater slice of Spain’s property debt market

Participants in Real Estate Capital’s virtual roundtable on the Spanish market expect the pandemic to reshape the profile of the country’s real estate lending market.

10 min read · 01 December 2020

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