European CRE finance industry gets mixed signals on interest rates in the face of the UK’s EU referendum
3 min read · 23 June 2016
Negative interest rates implemented by central banks are driving up the costs of real estate lending, the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC) Europe has warned.
4 min read · 14 April 2016
As 2015 ended there was a lot of discussion about the direction for property in 2016 particularly in the UK where the question was whether the market has peaked.
5 min read · 24 December 2015
The much anticipated increase by 0.25 percentage points to a range of 0.25 to 0.5 percent will have no impact on commercial real estate, according to industry experts.
2 min read · 16 December 2015
The Bank of England should not raise interest rates just yet and should maintain its quantitative easing (QE) programme to encourage bank lending, an audience at Real Estate Capital’s Europe Forum 2015 heard this morning. In his keynote address to more than 130 real estate finance professionals, Dr Gerard Lyons, chief economic advisor to London City Hall, said the risks to the UK economy of raising interest rates outweighed maintaining the status quo.
2 min read · 29 September 2015
The Federal Reserve’s latest Monetary Policy Report points to rapidly rising commercial property valuations amid stronger demand for loans and eased lending standards.
2 min read · 17 July 2015
CREFC Europe is organising a seminar focused on interest rate hedging as the prospect of a hike becomes increasingly more likely.
1 min read · 01 September 2014
A rise in long-term interest rates is unlikely to impact significantly on property yields, according to a new study published by the Investment Property Forum.
2 min read · 03 July 2014
