Real Estate in Context
Made to measure
Insurance companies and pension funds need a proper performance index if they are to fill the financing gap in Europe. Malcolm Frodsham reveals the latest work by IPD in this area
Solution in waiting
Mortgage REITs could help resolve the debt problem in the UK real estate market and lead to the next wave of growth in UK REITs, says Ros Rowe
Perilous structure
Does the paucity of refinancing spell the end for OpCo-PropCos? Arjan van Bussel and Amir Khan look at the once popular structure’s prospects
A bridge too far
New mezzanine lenders are offering solutions to the market, but worsening restrictions in senior financing are likely to further widen the overall European funding gap in 2012. Natale Giostra explains
Size matters more for some
A double-dip recession could expand real estate debt funding gaps across Europe. Hans Vrensen and Nigel Almond put these absolute numbers in perspective
Lean times ahead
Real estate finance is as scarce today as it was in 2009. This year expect the European market to be dominated by cash buyers and opportunistic whole-loan acquisitions, write Barry Osilaja and David...
The plot thickens
Opportunistic investors have been scanning the European real estate markets for distressed opportunities for some time, but the euro-zone crisis has made the picture even more complicated, finds Lynn ...
Been there, done it
The US real estate distressed debt market is deeper and more established than its European counterpart. Michael Lester looks at the latest developments
Continental drift
Allianz Real Estate is expanding its commercial lending programme on both sides of the Atlantic. Helmut Mühlhofer and James Stolpestad explain
Driving new markets
Sarah Bate looks at the case for allocating capital to alternative real estate investments in the UK, from car showrooms to budget hotels
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