Lending

The vehicle has been upsized to £750m on the back of ‘strong’ demand from borrowers, coupled with investors’ appetite, says director Alexandra Lanni.

Lenders are busy in the country’s booming property market, but fierce competition, high property prices and tightening regulation are challenges they face.

Robert Johnson, managing director for Asia-Pacific real estate at JPMorgan Global Alternatives, tells our sister publication, PERE, why Japan is in a healthier lending environment today than 10 years ago.

The far-right surge in Sweden’s election might not be a direct hazard for real estate investors and lenders, but it is a symptom of potentially damaging European political unrest.

Healthcare REIT MedicX has refinanced £233.7m of existing loans from the insurer, while increasing the facility by £30.8m.

AustralianSuper has teamed up with TH Real Estate in a £280m London development financing.

On the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the real estate debt industry is in better shape, but lenders can never become complacent again.

Borrowers are benefiting from a general shift towards cheaper debt at stable or increasing LTVs, CBRE’s European Debt Map shows.

A new £1bn fund will provide liquidity for smaller builders aiming to get construction projects off the ground.

The impact of the global financial crisis for the real estate sector was first shocking, then painful and, finally, educational.