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In the first of a three-part deep dive, we ask how real estate lenders are addressing the E of ESG.
Although they were less active, US investment banks continued to write real estate loans in Europe during 2020.
Several of Europe’s bank lenders remained key sources of capital in European markets in 2020, despite taking less risk.
Last year was the industry’s toughest since the global financial crisis of 2007-08, but business continued to be done, despite the uncertainty. Read on to find out which organisations and deals were voted last year’s best.
Following the Canadian bank’s financing of a pan-European logistics portfolio for GLP, its European real estate head says multi-jurisdictional transactions often generate higher returns.
According to one of the real estate finance industry’s leading recruiters, hiring activity in 2020 was concentrated in the non-bank part of the market.
Debt providers are seeking exposure to a sector thriving in the covid-era.
Access to cheaper funding, mitigation of climate risk and greater transferability of credit are among the benefits for debt providers.
Real estate finance specialists expect debt providers to work with sponsors to tackle troubled loan situations in one of their predictions for the year ahead.
The German bank says energy efficiency was a key reason to finance Brunswick and Pictet’s Swedish data centre acquisition.