Investors will continue a flight to security in 2018 as political stability remains a chief concern but the fog of Brexit should reveal a path ahead, forecasts David Seymour, real estate partner, at the law firm Ropes & Gray.
As we enter a new year, real estate markets are changing fast and lenders should reconsider assumptions about property fundamentals, writes Yolande Barnes, head of Savills World Research.
Anne Gales, founding partner at Capital advisory firm Threadmark sees four strategies in Europe that should resonate with investors and managers keen to minimise risk next year.
During the festive period, why not take a moment to have your say on 2017’s top performers in European real estate finance?
The attraction of real estate debt as an asset class increased this year, although so did the difficulty deploying the capital.
Deutsche Hypo’s purchase by one of its rival real estate lenders could prove a canny move.
LBBW, Aareal and pbb have reportedly submitted offers to buy the German mortgage bank, with a final decision on its sale due in January.
The European CMBS market has worked on a slow burn this year even by its own standards, with the first public deal creeping in just weeks before the end of 2017.
Continental European markets offer developers and lenders opportunities to back
residential projects.
The UK’s first interest rate rise in a decade has not ruffled feathers in the real estate market, and nor should it, comments Colliers' Walter Boettcher (pictured).