Interest rates

Managing partner Dale Lattanzio says the market is stable enough to execute deals.

The manager, which has sourced a £42m loan for a Birmingham BTR scheme, will pause further borrowing activity in the sector due to the rising cost of debt.

The loan servicer predicts finance will focus on bridging the debt funding gap and green upgrades, says Serenity Morley, managing director, loan servicing, at Mount Street.

As a new economic reality comes into focus, real estate companies will be working with much uncertainty in the months ahead.

The financial services firm is advising investors to refrain from buying as property prices fully adjust.

REC Europe’s most popular stories of the year included in-depth analysis of the impact of rising interest rates and the refinancing challenge facing the industry.

Patrizia senior portfolio manager Falvio Casero says the tool is a primary reason for the firm’s ability to close deals this year.

A debt funding gap looms across Europe’s property markets. Yet banks and debt funds are well capitalised. Will their funding end up where it is most needed?

The country’s real estate financing market is much better positioned to weather this economic crisis than the last one, argue the participants in Real Estate Capital Europe’s Spain roundtable.