Credit investors circle CRE loan market as refinancings loom

A foot on the property ladder

Up the property ladder: investors could benefit from CRE exposure

European commercial real estate (CRE) debt is proving to be a great weight on the shoulders of banks. On one side they face an ever encroaching debt maturity wall and on the other they find further regulatory pressure to hold more capital and limit their exposure to the CRE sector. These two factors are forcing banks to reconsider their position within the market, while potentially cutting their losses along the way. However, as the banks’ position begins to shift, others are keen to fill the