Time is running out to make a submission for the Real Estate Capital Europe Awards 2024.
Now is the time to contact our editorial team to tell us why your organisation should be in contention for one of our 26 prestigious awards. Submissions must be made, via a dedicated form that can be found HERE, by 5pm UK time on Friday 15 November.
All details of how to make a submission can be found by following the link, but it is worth us reiterating: our editorial team needs clear, concise and detailed information on your year’s activities as they pertain to the award/s you are pitching for.
There have been big changes to the REC Europe Awards this year. For the previous 10 years, the process has been: we, the editorial team of REC Europe, used our market knowledge and expert judgment to craft shortlists for each category; you, the industry, then voted on those lists to determine the winners.
Times have changed. Our awards have expanded considerably in their breadth, depth and market visibility. That is in no small part a reflection of the fact that the alternative real estate lending industry itself is now much larger. At the same time, ongoing concentration has widened the gulf between marquee brand names and other market participants.
For those reasons, we have decided to discontinue the voting system. It was built for a simpler age and now is vulnerable to producing outcomes shaped as much by contenders’ popularity as their claims to excellence.
We have reduced the number of awards categories to celebrate achievements that can be said to truly matter to the market at large. Also, the winners in each category will now be decided by the same judging panel of REC Europe editorial staff who previously focused on producing the shortlists.
The judges will work through the submissions, verify the information provided with market sources and draw on their own deep insight into who the standout performers were in the year just gone.
The winners and runners up will be announced on 3 March 2025, as well as appearing in the spring edition of the REC Europe magazine.
To ensure our editorial team has the information we need to help us select our winners, it is essential we hear from you, the industry. We look forward to hearing from you by 5pm UK time on Friday, 15 November.
Here are the categories, listed in full:
- Bank Lender of the Year: Europe
- Bank Lender of the Year: UK
- Bank Lender of the Year: Germany
- Bank Lender of the Year: France
- Bank Lender of the Year: Southern Europe
- Alternative Lender of the Year: Europe
- Alternative Lender of the Year: UK
- Alternative Lender of the Year: France
- Alternative Lender of the Year: Germany
- Alternative Lender of the Year: Southern Europe
- Lender of the Year: Benelux
- Mid-Market Lender of the Year (€20m-€70m Market): Europe
- Small-Ticket Market Lender of the Year (Sub-€20m Market): Europe
- Residential Lender of the Year: Europe
- Industrial and Logistics Lender of the Year: Europe
- Sustainable Finance Provider of the Year: Europe
- Borrower Finance Team of the Year: Europe
- Fundraising of the Year: Europe
- Investment Financing Deal of the Year: Europe
- Development Financing Deal of the Year: Europe
- Debt Adviser of the Year: UK
- Debt Adviser of the Year: Continental Europe
- Law Firm of the Year: Europe
- Loan Servicer of the Year: Europe
- Real Estate Finance Industry Figure of the Year: Europe
- Real Estate Finance Rising Star of the Year: Europe
