‘A substantial inventory of debt at a very cheap cost has been piling up over recent years and needs refinancing,’ says Maxime Laurent-Bellue, head of tactical strategies at Tikehau Capital. ‘This is one of the themes that will dominate the next few years,’ he warns.
Read more
First Property Group's new senior lending platform will offer secured loans at fixed rates and interest only, CEO Ben Habib tells PropertyEU in an interview.
Read more
Private equity players are becoming more active in what remains a subdued investment market in Sweden, where listed domestic players – which own about one third of the number of investment properties – have gone awfully quiet as they struggle with high gearing and more expensive debt.
Read more
Modular housing manufacturer’s exec says planning is a major hurdle but remains upbeat on the business.
Read more
Volumetric Building Companies (VBC), a global modular building specialist headquartered in Philadelphia, has just secured its first contract in Germany – the offsite construction of a 500-bed hotel for the Tropical Islands resort near Berlin – and is confident it will be getting many more in the near future.
Read more
With €1.6 bn at hand and little competition in the market, BGO’s debt boss says the new UK lending fund can take its pick.
Read more
Sustainability tops the agenda of Beverley Kilbride as she lands the chief operational role in Europe at the US investment management group.
Read more
With the market slowing and values falling, Primonial REIM is betting on operationally-intensive real estate and asset management to generate value for its investors.
Read more
German listed residential landlords, particularly those that have been relying more on sales than rental income, will have a difficult time this year, according to Rogier Quirijns, head of European Real Estate at US-based investment manager Cohen & Steers, which manages roughly $80 bn of assets across the globe.
Read more
Alternative financiers are expected to consolidate their position in the European market over 2023 following a period of widespread retrenchment by the major banks, according to Nunzio Laurenziello, head of debt at Generali Real Estate.
Read more
Global housing market imbalances have declined sharply over the past two years due to the global surge in inflation and interest rates, with only Zurich and Tokyo remaining in the bubble risk category.
