The head of UK property finance at the company, which has lent £240m for new warehouses, says funding construction is a way to earn higher returns in the competitive sector.
3 min read · 30 September 2021
Panellists at PERE’s Debt & Financing Forum said linking debt pricing to pre-agreed sustainability targets can encourage borrowers to stick to business plans.
3 min read · 27 September 2021
The manager recorded no loan deals at more than 80% leverage in its data sample since 2019, which it said shows lending market caution.
2 min read · 27 September 2021
Institutional investors are grappling with the question of what to do with existing assets amid greater ESG scrutiny during the pandemic.
3 min read · 23 September 2021
The pandemic has changed how and where we work. But what does that mean for offices and how they will be financed?
10 min read · 02 September 2021
Welcome to Real Estate Capital’s guide to the real estate debt advisers active in Europe today.
1 min read · 01 September 2021
Despite covid, the UK debt market is well-capitalised, says Lisa Attenborough, head of debt advisory at Knight Frank.
6 min read · 01 September 2021
First Growth co-founder Cyril de Romance identifies gaps in Europe’s property lending market – and tells Real Estate Capital how the advisory firm is uniquely positioned to help clients fill them.
8 min read · 01 September 2021
Pfandbrief banks lead on senior lending, but demand for mezzanine, whole and bridge loans means opportunity for new entrants, say Curth-C. Flatow and Kim Jana Hesse of German debt brokerage firm FAP Finance.
7 min read · 01 September 2021
Capital is being reallocated from equity investment to credit to back a new generation of alternative lenders, say Sanne’s Simon Vardon and Keith Miller, and Westfort Advisors’ Deepak Drubhra.
8 min read · 01 September 2021