December/January 2017 Issue

The latest figures compiled by our data team show there are 29 Europe-focused debt funds with known targets above €100m currently fundraising.

Real Estate Capital’s data on the latest UK and continental European real estate lending deals.

Continental European markets offer developers and lenders opportunities to back residential projects.

Residential development in Spain is back, with banks again willing to provide finance and reckless lending a thing of the past. 

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).

Property debt professionals need to adapt to change, while preparing for a market correction, argued panellists at CREFC’s recent London conference.

London’s luxury flats are out of favour with lenders, as they focus on what is deemed ‘affordable’ residential in the UK capital.

Work needs to be done, but ‘adjusted market value’ can alert property lenders to looming drops in value, in good time, argues Rupert Clarke (pictured) of the Property Industry Alliance

The Canadian giant’s move into European lending demonstrates the allure of the region’s property debt.

Henderson Park’s Nick Weber is targeting value-add opportunities in a late-cycle market. Europe’s wall of debt maturities is helping to create them.

Lending in the US is an attractive proposition for European organisations, but fierce competition is already hitting loan margins.

Real estate professionals across Europe expect debt to remain liquid into 2018, amid a riskier market, reports Doug Morrison

Investors are more upbeat about the near future for the UK market, according to the results of the latest Colliers International and Real Estate Capital Investor Pricing Survey.