Real estate markets resilient through first half of 2026, CBRE says

UK deal volumes fell 8% year-on-year in H1, but CBRE said the occupational market is robust, debt markets remain liquid, and demand for prime assets exceeds supply in many sectors. The post Real estate markets resilient through first half of 2026, CBRE says appeared first on Property Week.

CBRE bolsters UK debt and structured finance team with three appointments

George Peake and Joshua Mailling join as directors while Stephen Barr has been promoted. The post CBRE bolsters UK debt and structured finance team with three appointments appeared first on Property Week.

Granite targets rail, roads and data centers amid growing backlog

A more than threefold increase in data center backlog helped the company raise overall revenue guidance by $100 million for 2026, but debt restructuring resulted in a loss.   

Thames Water could adopt ‘local public control supervisory structure’, says creditor group

London & Valley Water (L&VW) - a representative subset of the creditor group holding more than £17bn of Thames Water’s Class A and super senior debt – has issued a statement “in response to press speculation surrounding Thames Water’s restructuring efforts”. The post Thames Water could adopt ‘local public control supervisory structure’, says creditor group appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Crest sinks to £35m loss as lender talks drag on

Net debt doubles to £142m as house builder extends covenant waiver

YFTB: Case Study 2 - Little Experience with No Capital

YFTB - Development Lending, Little Experience with No Capital.

Bloomberg Quicktake - The Myth of the Chinese Debt Trap in Africa, 18032022

Over the past two decades, China has built large infrastructure projects in almost every country in Africa, making Western powers uncomfortable amid wider concerns about Beijing’s investments across the continent. However, a deeper look shows that accusations of so-called debt trap diplomacy turn out to be unfounded.

FT - Is China's economic model broken? 15102021

Since the early 2000s some China watchers have been predicting that the building boom would lead to a crash. Twenty years on they may have been proven right. Global China editor James Kynge and Beijing correspondent Sun Yu discuss what is happening in it's real estate sector, what that could do to China’s economy and means for the world. Reference is made to Evergrande's financial woes and the transition from Real Estate to investment in renewables as an alternative sector for economic growth

CNBC - Chinese property giant Evergrande has a huge debt problem – here's why you should care

Chinese real estate developer Evergrande faced its biggest crisis yet in September 2021, spooking markets and prompting comparisons to the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008. Since the company’s founding in 1996 it has accumulated more than $300 billion in debt, making it the world’s most indebted developer. “As Evergrande teeters on the edge of default, the collapse would have grave consequences for hundreds of thousands of property buyers and retail customers”

Bloomberg - Evergrande Is Not a 'Lehman Moment,' Oxford's Magnus Says

George Magnus, Oxford University China Centre associate, says financial markets are "probably right" to be relaxed about the contagion stemming from China Evergrande Group’s debt crisis. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Balance of Power".