Logistics is a fast-evolving market, with exciting areas of growth to tap in to. From drones to driverless vehicles, Lauren Parr investigates the trends lenders should be aware of.

The European logistics property market is booming, and lenders are aiming to capitalise.

From major consultancies to boutique shops, real estate debt advisors are vying to handle European property finance mandates, writes Lauren Parr

With an increasing appetite to provide debt capital alongside equity investment, property companies are the latest players to enter real estate lending, writes Lauren Parr.

Given their wafer-thin lending margins, it remains a mystery to many in the real estate industry how the country’s property bankers turn a profit. Lauren Parr asks the question.

Lauren Parr speaks to those alternative lenders managing to carve out a niche in the country’s uber-competitive lending market.

Banks and alternative lenders are slowly getting to grips with financing the development of purpose-built rental properties in the UK market, writes Lauren Parr.

Construction finance remains scarce across the UK and continental Europe, but alternative capital’s appetite may be growing, writes Lauren Parr.

Financing development projects requires a unique underwriting process and far more ongoing scrutiny than in an investment deal, writes Lauren Parr.

Pressure is growing on the continent’s lenders to address the massive volumes of non-performing loans sitting on their balance sheets, writes Lauren Parr.