Alternative lenders

Our annual rundown of Europe’s most important commercial real estate lenders will be published in September. Now is the time to pitch for your organisation to be considered.

Fund will follow the same strategy as the joint venture’s second vehicle, with the aim of building a diversified pan-European portfolio of loans across real estate asset classes.

Retail property needs to adapt to survive. And to ensure it has an adequate supply of debt, lenders and borrowers must adjust their approach.

European banks’ growing interest in funding non-bank lenders illustrates how the continent’s property debt market is coming to resemble its US counterpart.

The results of Link Asset Services' latest lending market survey show growing caution among debt providers.

With high levels of property debt liquidity across Europe, opportunities where competition is less fierce are becoming more appealing, MIPIM attendees told Real Estate Capital in Cannes.

With the addition of Oaktree, a respected credit business, Brookfield has shown how debt investing has risen to prominence post-global financial crisis and become crucial for being a global diversified asset manager, reports our sister title Private Debt Investor.

Rising interest rates, CMBS volatility and the likelihood of higher spreads are among the factors borrowers in the US need to think about, writes Ryan Krauch of Mesa West Capital.

Private real estate debt vehicles need to prove their value to investors in a more crowded and competitive market.

Analysis of the latest commercial real estate lending data, provided by CBRE, shows debt terms are favourable for sponsors.