Apollo’s purchase of a €2.7bn loan portfolio from Bank of Cyprus is expected to reactivate the island’s property market.
4 min read · 19 September 2018
There is finance out there for investment strategies in Continental Europe, but you need to know where to look, say Francesca Galante and Cyril de Romance, co-founders of debt advisory firm First Growth Real Estate.
6 min read · 29 August 2018
Investment in Italian commercial real estate is down and there are signs of concern among lenders. This seven-slide presentation explores the impact of Italy’s new politics on the property sector.
1 min read · 20 July 2018
Banks from Italy, France and the Netherlands have participated in a financing of several properties.
2 min read · 18 July 2018
The financing of a shopping scheme in the country demonstrates banks’ returning appetite for real estate debt.
2 min read · 12 July 2018
Lar España has sourced €98.5m from local banks for the construction of a shopping centre in Seville.
2 min read · 04 July 2018
Italy faces a battle to retain lenders’ renewed faith in its property market amid the unpredictability created by the election of the country’s first populist government.
3 min read · 21 June 2018
The country’s first major property-backed portfolio sold by a domestic bank met with strong demand.
3 min read · 15 June 2018
Political turmoil has caused unease in the commercial real estate sector, although some are still prepared to lend in the country.
7 min read · 12 June 2018
The sale by Piraeus Bank is the first major property-backed deal in the country amid pressure from the ECB to bring loan portfolios to the market.
2 min read · 29 May 2018
