Kier says firm making ‘excellent progress’ on £200m monthly cash balance target

Firm had spent 13 years carrying monthly net debt

Regional REIT cuts debt following £32m of disposals

The regional property investor has reduced its gross borrowings by £33.1m to £233.1m, with its net loan-to-value ratio falling from 40.4% at the end of 2025 to 38.5%. The post Regional REIT cuts debt following £32m of disposals appeared first on Property Week.

Brookfield in talks to acquire China Life’s stake in 99 Bishopsgate

According to a report in the Financial Times, China Life Insurance, which invested in the tower in 2015, is planning to convert its holding into debt. The post Brookfield in talks to acquire China Life’s stake in 99 Bishopsgate appeared first on Property Week.

Government has no plans to take over struggling Vistry

Minister confirms position as jobs axe falls and average daily debt heads for £800m

Vistry jobs cull begins as daily debt heads for £800m

Worsening market sharpens focus on downsizing and asset sale

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".