Lending

NatWest, HSBC UK and Barclays commit to Downing Group’s development of three schemes in Coventry, Manchester and London.

The Pfandbrief Act needs to change if Germany’s lenders are to use cheap funding to write UK loans.

The conservative use of debt by commercial property investors has reduced the likelihood of boom-and-bust, but the market is becoming more intricate in this elongated cycle.

Laurus Property Partners has set up shop in London with the hiring of former Lloyds banker Andrew Wheldon.

The German bank has refinanced a portfolio of six assets for Tristan with a €170m loan along with local lender Caixabank.

Bank of Scotland has provided green financing for the 60% pre-let building at 177 Bothwell Street.

German banks’ ability to underwrite mega-loans shows their confidence in the originate-to-distribute model when the right deals come to market.

Chiara Zuccon, senior director of debt advisory at CBRE, talks to Real Estate Capital about financing PRS across Europe.

A comprehensive repositioning of the retail space inside the Potsdamer Platz Shopping Arkaden is scheduled to begin next January.

The pipeline of purpose-built rental housing for the UK has never been fuller. But while institutional equity is bullish, the sector’s lenders need more clarity on market metrics.