The impact of the ECB’s monetary policy reversal, growing caution in the banking sector, and the importance of lending selectively were among the concerns at this year’s EXPO Real.
3 min read · 10 October 2019
LIBOR has underpinned financial markets for decades. But the benchmark could be phased out in less than three years, with huge implications for real estate lenders.
3 min read · 18 July 2019
Iain Balkwill, partner at law firm Reed Smith, argues that the legislative treatment of commercial mortgage-backed securities will harm the long-term growth of the product.
3 min read · 16 July 2019
Industry figures at the annual Cannes gathering predicted another strong year for real estate, but acknowledged threats including Brexit and slower eurozone growth.
3 min read · 14 March 2019
Property lenders must create late-cycle strategies to avoid the “profitability black hole” of previous cycles, a debt working group has urged.
5 min read · 04 October 2018
Speakers at the annual CREFC forum highlighted how regulation could change lenders’ risk appetite and how technology impacts real estate debt, among other issues.
2 min read · 15 June 2018
Europe-wide secondary market is seen as a key part of helping banks deal with their NPL woes.
2 min read · 16 March 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
Although the alternative real estate lending sector has grown massively, regulation remains light.
6 min read · 30 January 2018
How will the real estate lending industry deal with the phasing out of its pricing benchmark?
5 min read · 29 January 2018
