Interest rates

Debt and equity specialists at the consultancy expect lender-led sales to be a catalyst for the market.

As high-profile assets go up for sale, the sector’s yield profile is piquing the interests of debt-providers.

The CEE-focused manager is busy reducing its leverage but has taken on bridge financing to demonstrate liquidity.

Digital property finance platform Finloop believes rising interests rates in the UK and continental Europe are to blame.

Lenders and borrowers will adjust to the new normal of higher long-term rates, says Knight Frank’s head of debt advisory Lisa Attenborough.

Their intervention could be vital for the post-pandemic European real estate and debt capital markets, who now face the ninth consecutive interest rate hike in the eurozone.

Large real estate consultancies have been developing debt advisory services in response to decreasing transaction volumes and increasing demand, writes Beth Ure.

CREFC's third-quarter survey reflects fears that interest rates will stay higher for longer.

The property adviser finds lenders exercising caution in expectation of further price falls in the market.