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AEW: Lenders remain ‘risk-off’ due to covid

The manager recorded no loan deals at more than 80% leverage in its data sample since 2019, which it said shows lending market caution.

Real estate faces ‘acceleration of obsolescence’

Institutional investors are grappling with the question of what to do with existing assets amid greater ESG scrutiny during the pandemic.

Deep Dive: Offices face a new era of change

The pandemic has changed how and where we work. But what does that mean for offices and how they will be financed?

Debt Advisers Guide 2021

Welcome to Real Estate Capital’s guide to the real estate debt advisers active in Europe today.

Knight Frank: ‘The UK debt market is robust’

Despite covid, the UK debt market is well-capitalised, says Lisa Attenborough, head of debt advisory at Knight Frank.

First Growth Real Estate: Plugging the gap in Europe

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.

FAP Finance: ‘Germany faces a wall of debt capital’

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.

Sanne: European debt funds take centre stage

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.

Three Stars Capital Partners: The return of Italy’s debt play

Deals are picking up steam in an Italian debt market with its own idiosyncrasies, says Mauro Savoia, Three Stars Capital Partners’ chairman and CEO.

Intermediaries eye opportunities as the recovery begins

Covid has added complexity because of the changes in lender appetite but the sector is bouncing back after a three-month hold.