Loan-on-loan market could fuel real-estate rebound

Caution at local commercial banks – coupled with the eagerness of large investment banks to foster relationships with private equity players – means large real-estate deals fuelled by back leverage could be primed for a comeback in Europe.

After 2022, large real-estate deals driven by US private equity firms became more difficult in Europe, partly due to a sudden paucity of debt funding from investment banks. Smaller deals were sometimes easier as capital continued to flow relatively freely in some continental European banks.

Now, larger investment bank-led financings could be primed for a comeback in parts of the market – even while more traditional real-estate lenders in countries such as Germany and the US are experiencing problems – thanks to greater confidence in the availability of loan-on-loan funding for jumbo deals.

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