The UK’s first interest rate rise in a decade has not ruffled feathers in the real estate market, and nor should it, comments Colliers’ Walter Boettcher (pictured).
3 min read · 06 December 2017
Property debt professionals need to adapt to change, while preparing for a market correction, argued panellists at CREFC’s recent London conference.
8 min read · 05 December 2017
London’s luxury flats are out of favour with lenders, as they focus on what is deemed ‘affordable’ residential in the UK capital.
8 min read · 05 December 2017
Work needs to be done, but ‘adjusted market value’ can alert property lenders to looming drops in value, in good time, argues Rupert Clarke (pictured) of the Property Industry Alliance
2 min read · 05 December 2017
Lending in the US is an attractive proposition for European organisations, but fierce competition is already hitting loan margins.
3 min read · 04 December 2017
Hermes Investment Management has provided a £120 million (€136 million) loan to UK boutique hotel operator Firmdale Holdings.
1 min read · 01 December 2017
German bank Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has financed a development in Munich’s city centre, with a €112 million loan provided to the Brecht-Bergen family.
1 min read · 30 November 2017
Unite Group, the UK student housing specialist, has signed unsecured debt facilities totalling £500 million (€565 million) with HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland.
1 min read · 29 November 2017
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has priced a £347.9 million (€389.3 million) UK CMBS, against the backdrop of a market which has been virtually closed for around 18 months.
2 min read · 28 November 2017
Lloyds Bank has chosen the UK pub industry for the latest loan to be issued through its Green Lending Initiative, which grants reduced pricing for loans to assets that hit agreed sustainability criteria.
2 min read · 27 November 2017