United Kingdom

Two £400m logistics RCFs signal bank lender appetite for the sector

L&G and Tritax secure refinancings for their respective industrial strategies.

L&G enters cold storage financing market through £500m facility

The insurer is diversifying its loan book in an increasingly competitive market.

Mitsubishi Estate acquires majority stake in Patron Capital

Around €100m of seed capital will be invested in the firm’s fledgling debt business.

Heyford Park: A new era for a former military airbase

How a wartime airfield has gone from RAF to residential.

Savills: 30-plus lenders often compete for individual UK deals

At its London presentation, the adviser said lenders from 47 countries are active in a competitive UK market.

Standard Chartered’s James Hawkins joins Wells Fargo

Hawkins leads the bank’s activities in the European commercial mortgage-backed securities market.

How Homes England is scaling its lending

As its future funding is determined, the UK public sector body’s executives explain how it is partnering with private capital providers in the lending market.

Firma Partners scales development lending business with third loan

The lender launched in September 2024 to target the UK residential market.

Venn lends £200m to VIVID under UK government-backed housing scheme

The second loan the manager has provided to the developer under this initiative was funded by a new 16-year bond series.

Supermarket Income REIT sources unsecured debt with £90m Barclays refinancing

London-listed company completes the refinancing shortly after forming a JV with US manager Blue Owl.