Daniel Cunningham
Liquidity in European real estate debt and equity markets shows no sign of drying up, argued panellists at CREFC Europe’s London conference.
As the residential development finance specialist gears up for its IPO, chief executive Randeesh Sandhu explains the firm’s strategy and the role it hopes to play in alleviating the UK’s housing supply problem.
Despite the amount of debt capital available, some borrowers struggle to source real estate loans in Europe.
Former HSBC real estate boss Matthew Webster has joined the start-up promising an online ‘ecosystem’ for property trading and financing. Daniel Cunningham meets him
Further deleveraging is expected this year, with €35bn of live sales, although Southern European banks still have huge legacy debt piles.
The specialist lender is targeting double-digit returns in the UK bridge finance market.
Fintech will change real estate finance for the better, but lenders’ knowledge of the sector will remain essential.
There are big plans for the survey formerly known as the De Montfort report. That is good news for transparency in the property debt space.
London’s Cass Business School has been appointed to take over the influential property lending market report, compiled by Nicole Lux (pictured), which may expand its scope across the continent.