Banks

The London business school’s latest UK lending market survey reveals origination was only slightly reduced in 2022 despite economic upheaval.

The listed company, which owns UK assets including popular theme parks, addressed near-term maturities in a bumper refinancing.

With stresses appearing in the financial system, the property sector may become a cause of these as well as suffering the consequences, writes Kiran Raichura, deputy chief property economist at Capital Economics.

The sector is vulnerable to rising interest rates due to low debt yields and cashflow constraints, says the credit rating agency.

The board member for the German bank believes the industry will adjust to higher rates and argues parts of the market continue to perform well.

The US manager has sourced debt including €310m of mezzanine for 15 hotels.

Analysts at the Dutch bank believe a tightening of lending standards following banking turmoil will not be as severe in Europe.

European property values will be impacted by the failures at US regional banks, says the consultancy. 

Here are five ways the bank crises in the US and Europe will make it more challenging for transaction activity to bounce back.

Sharp rise in financing costs is highlighted in pan-European research report.