Industry feels Financial Services Authority’s June rule change will make debt even more scarce
After the announced stoppage of all new property lending ordered by Germany’s Commerzbank for its Eurohypo unit, other European banks are likely to curtail lending, making this a major challenge for 2012, a PIE panel at Mapic heard.
This report examines the UK Senior Lending Market in terms of the market’s lending appetite and parameters. Of the 356 institutions with banking licence present in the UK (according to the FSA’s regulatory list), 113 have a commercial real estate loan book. This report has been compiled by CBRE’s Debt Advisory team to monitor the capacity of the UK senior lending market.
At the end of 2009, the total outstanding debt to commercial real estate across 24 countries in Europe totalled €1,848bn, 65% higher than in 2004.