BlackRock has held a first close on its UK Strategic Alternative Income Fund, which will invest in real estate debt among other asset classes.
2 min read · 10 July 2017
Dutch lender ING Bank has written a €120 million term loan that will be used to continue the refinancing process of the CBRE Global Investors Dutch Retail Fund’s debt facilities.
1 min read · 07 July 2017
Irish housebuilder Cairn Homes has secured a €50 million two-year loan from Activate Capital, a Dublin-based residential development lender.
2 min read · 05 July 2017
The peaks in the last two real estate cycles were predictable and lenders could have avoided massive losses if long-term asset values had been adequately monitored, a group of senior industry figures has concluded.
3 min read · 03 July 2017
The growth rate in new German commercial property finance business halved during 2016 to 10 percent and is set to decrease to 5 percent this year, the latest German Debt Project Report has shown.
2 min read · 30 June 2017
A diverse mix of lenders is willing to finance a broad range of property across the UK, although the leverage and pricing they are prepared to offer varies significantly, new research from Capita Real Estate Finance has shown.
3 min read · 29 June 2017
Goldman Sachs has provided fresh debt to the revamped Dutch office portfolio which was once securitised in Europe’s first defaulted CMBS.
2 min read · 16 June 2017
Shariah-compliant bank Gatehouse Bank has appointed Charles Haresnape as its new chief executive.
1 min read · 22 May 2017
John Feeney, who has led Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s commercial real estate business for four years, has been promoted to acting head of global corporates, with Madeleine McDougall promoted to acting head of the CRE unit.
2 min read · 18 May 2017
Japanese bank Nomura has provided a €104 million loan to European real estate fund manager Aerium to refinance the H20 office building located in Luxembourg.
1 min read · 16 May 2017
