Lending

A nine-month ‘national timeout’ for the hospitality sector will bolster liquidity, according to the private wealth law firm.

The UK debt fund manager has provided construction finance for Slovakian developer JTRE’s Triptych scheme at a time of scarcer construction finance due to the covid-19 pandemic.

The current crisis is testing the strength of the country’s real estate debt and equity markets. It could also be an accelerant to change.

After its €200m green loan to Irish property company IPUT, Wells Fargo’s head of UK CRE lending says sustainability has become a core concern for sponsors.

The economic fallout from covid-19 has stoked fears of a liquidity crisis in US commercial property lending.

Market metrics show banks remain the largest providers of property finance in France.

Participants in our first virtual roundtable predict lenders in France will reprice property debt and reduce leverage as the market copes with covid-19.

French commercial real estate had record investment volumes in 2019. But lenders are likely to downgrade their ambitions for 2020.

The real estate arm of the German insurer recently secured its first third-party fund investor for its vehicle focusing on the strategy.

The post-coronavirus landscape will present new challenges for alternative lenders, writes John Cole of Cain International.