Daniel Cunningham
The latest report by Bayes Business School, formerly Cass, reveals loan origination reached £23.3bn in the first six months of 2021 as lenders tackled a deals backlog.
More real estate managers want a piece of Europe’s property lending market, writes Daniel Cunningham.
The investment manager has raised an initial £140m of investor capital and is targeting £500m for its latest UK lending vehicle.
Several big-name investment managers have launched strategies through which they will write loans against European real estate.
The Monaco and London-based manager is understood to have begun fundraising for its third property lending vehicle.
Hoong Wey Woon, partner with financial services firm Alantra, says real estate lenders are getting creative as they strive to invest the large amounts of capital they have raised.
The London-based asset manager, which has a special situations background, is raising for a senior property loans strategy.
The asset manager has hired real estate finance specialist Natalie Howard from DRC Capital to lead a comprehensive debt business.
Real estate finance specialists expect debt providers to work with sponsors to tackle troubled loan situations in one of their predictions for the year ahead.
The US manager has backed former Tyndaris real estate boss Clark Coffee’s new venture to capitalise on dislocation in the European lending market.