Property

Blackstone funds Warehouse Reit buyout with commercial mortgage-backed securitisation debt deal

The deal lifts volumes in the CMBS asset class to a European record this year

Sumitomo is developing five projects in India – all in Mumbai.

Japan’s Sumitomo Realty puts India bet on Mumbai and serviced apartments

Japanese developers are extending their presence in India’s US$300 billion real estate market

Back leverage helps developers and real estate owners save on debt costs, helping to boost investment volumes that have slumped since the pandemic.

Private credit gives European banks backdoor into property deals

Known as back leverage, the opaque system lets banks apply more favourable capital treatment to lending

Properties on sites approaching lease expiry could be repurposed to alternative interim uses, ranging from sports and recreation to logistics and urban farming – and even much-needed senior housing and assisted-living facilities.
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Seeing gold in decaying leases: Yield, unlocked potential draw property investors to likes of Hotel Miramar

It can be financially feasible to buy properties on sites with declining balance land tenures. As leases near expiry, the path to switching to interim uses needs to be smoothened for more productive l...

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Certain sectors in Singapore's industrial market are expected to moderate significantly as a wave of new supply enters the market.
OUTLOOK 2026

Singapore industrial market set for ‘uneven growth’ in 2026

High-spec, high-tech industrial space in demand, but occupiers growing more cost-conscious and older assets face pressure

Qube is set to take as much as 146,000 sq ft across six floors in Two International Finance Centre being vacated by UBS Group.

Hedge fund Qube to take six UBS floors in Hong Kong’s Central

Its new lease is the largest ever signed by a hedge fund firm anywhere in the city

Investors are treating New World’s debt as stressed rather than distressed.

Goldman Seeks to buy part of Hong Kong builder New World’s loan

The US bank has approached some lenders involved in the record US$11 billion loan

A view of Frankfurt. Aroundtown, a sector bellwether which invests in residential and commercial real estate in Germany, has been the most prolific buyer of its own debt this year, with tender offers on 17 bonds.

Europe’s property firms want to buy back expensive bonds

Bloomberg data shows companies offering to repurchase a record 25 hybrid bonds from investors this year

The year's largest real estate deal in Singapore so far is the sale of a one-third share in MBFC Tower 3 by Hongkong Land to Keppel Reit for S$1.45 billion.

Lower funding costs, firm fundamentals to fuel appetite for Singapore commercial real estate 

Office and industrial deals are the flavour of the year; interest in the living and hospitality sectors has also risen

European Commission Vice-President Teresa Ribera says: “Affordable housing is one of the most pressing challenges in Europe.”

EU unveils plan to tackle housing crisis

Its executive plans to propose legislation to curb short-term rentals such as Airbnb