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UK-based development finance provider Maslow Capital has completed four financing deals totalling £74 million (€83.8 million), in a move to diversify its loan book.
Specialist UK debt provider LendInvest has reported 2017 lending volumes of £500 million (€563 million), up 33 percent on the previous year’s total.
Credit will provide a major access point into real estate for an increasing number of investors in the year ahead.
UK healthcare REIT Primary Health Properties has signed a £75 million (€84.3 million) refinancing facility with Aviva and a £30 million revolving credit facility with Lloyds Bank.
Germany’s HSH Nordbank has provided a €139 million loan to domestic developers Aug Prien Immobilien and DC Developments to fund a residential scheme in Hamburg.
Against a backdrop of progress in EU exit negotiations, the UK market will present plenty of opportunities for real estate lenders, writes Mark Bladon of Investec Structured Property Finance.
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.
Berlin Hyp and Erste Group Bank have financed the Warsaw property portfolio of Austrian developer Immofinanz with a €205 million loan.
Aviva Investors has completed two commercial real estate finance transactions to Lazari Investments totalling £145 million (€163 million).
The attraction of real estate debt as an asset class increased this year, although so did the difficulty deploying the capital.