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Greater supply of debt and more flexible lending structures are starting to help unlock development activity, says Lisa Attenborough, Knight Frank’s head of debt advisory.
Non-bank lenders are finally being compensated for risk in Europe’s largest real estate market and have a crucial role to play in capital restructuring, according to PIMCO’s Roman Kogan and PIMCO Prime Real Estate’s Roland Fuchs.
Cautious senior and junior lenders are carefully selecting when to extend maturities, while sponsors are being equally careful in selecting when best to inject equity into deals, to avoid throwing good money after bad, says First Growth’s Francesca Galante.
Labour’s new planning and housebuilding proposals will boost demand for space and increase rental growth in the country’s logistics market, write DTRE’s Robert Taylor and Will Elvidge.
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Andrew Coombs, CEO of Sirius Real Estate, argues sponsors should think carefully before handing back keys to lenders.
The specialist lender’s CEO says more equity is needed in the UK residential development market.
Debt fund managers will need to be selective in their activities in the coming year, according to the head of LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies, Europe.
The head of real estate at the UK and South African bank believes monetary loosening will improve sentiment.