A row has broken out over attempts by a state-owned bank to sell a large portfolio of mortgage loans to ‘vulture funds’.
2 min read · 21 February 2018
The real estate sector’s condemnation of ‘the most un-PC event of the year’ has been swift. Now all eyes are on how it will act. The first test is MIPIM.
10 min read · 20 February 2018
Christophe Murciani, head of CRE debt funds at the Paris-headquartered firm, sees opportunity in logistics assets and value-add strategies across Europe.
2 min read · 19 February 2018
UK-based development finance provider Maslow Capital has acquired a £100 million (€112.7 million) performing loan portfolio, representing the firm’s first participation in the secondary debt market.
2 min read · 12 February 2018
The volume of syndicated real estate loans dropped by 15% in 2017 as fewer transactions required multiple lenders.
3 min read · 12 February 2018
The bank’s former head of UK housing replaces Paul Coates who recently joined CBRE’s structured finance advisory business.
2 min read · 09 February 2018
By 2066, one in four people in the UK will be aged 65 and over, according to the Office for National Statistics. Housing this rapidly aging population has been recognised as an important social issue, leading property investors and lenders into the retirement accommodation market.
4 min read · 06 February 2018
The French asset manager, which is closing in on its first lending deals, will write senior loans on core, core-plus and value-add properties across continental Europe.
3 min read · 05 February 2018
Mike Shields, who leads ING’s European lending operation, talks with Real Estate Capital about the prospects and trends for 2018.
1 min read · 05 February 2018
Germany’s largest listed residential landlord has sourced a €500 million loan from German bank Berlin Hyp to refinance portfolios in North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.
1 min read · 31 January 2018
