Interest rates

The first interest rate cut in the euro area has not changed the lending rate outlook for real estate.

Most lenders surveyed by the consultant say they will increase origination this year.

The firm is delving into the role public and private strategies play in institutional investor portfolios.  

The ratings agency said many facilities were secured by overvalued property and had weak covenants.

Real estate market participants do not expect a significant immediate change in debt market conditions.

With the country set to elect a new governing party for the first time in 14 years, industry executives consider the implications.

Hopes that interest rates may have peaked are cheering survey respondents.

Conditions are ripe for lending, but barriers to entry in the industry remain high, delegates at PERE’s London event heard.

The Washington DC-based agency says the sector is a salient near-term risk to global financial stability.

A senior representative from the central bank played down the risks associated with banks’ commercial property exposure at the PERE Network Europe Forum this week.