All articles by Max Sinclair
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InsightUK property could be a safe haven for business wealth
This year’s annual review by De Montfort University on property lending has again shown how the debt-finance market is gradually returning to more normal levels of activity.
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InsightPrivate placements: an emerging market with distinct advantages
Over the past few years, while the amount of liquidity available for the property sector from banks has been falling, one area of funding has quietly experienced a leap in activity. Since 2010, almost £2.5bn of funds have been raised in the UK property sector through the issuance of privately ...
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InsightA new valuation methodology for a new era
Since writing my last column, it feels good to be back behind the desk, putting pen to paper once more.
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InsightLook at insurance and pension fund industry for new sources of liquidity
With no signs on the horizon of any return of banking liquidity to the market, even the most optimistic of commentators are now coming to terms with the fact that the changes in the way capital is allocated to our sector are structural and far reaching.
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InsightKeep swaps simple and everyone’s a winner
When I entered the world of property finance 30 years ago, one of the basic principles I was taught at an early stage, was that interest rate protection — hedging — was an important aspect of almost any deal
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InsightRisk-takers are key to unlocking future lending in cautious climate
One of the questions I am frequently asked these days is who will be active in the provision of senior debt in the future.
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InsightBasel, banks and borrowers will all benefit from new data paradigm
There is a great deal of interest in Basel III and its implications for real estate lending
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In turbulent times we could do with a bit of German reliability
One of the big lessons of the financial crisis is that there are two sides to the balance sheet
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InsightThe sooner we can rehabilitate CMBS, the better
This autumn, I have sensed a distinct reduction in bank debt liquidity and an increase in margins
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InsightIn bank finance void, developers and institutions are starting to experiment
The rally in the real estate sector over the last nine months has confounded many expectations.
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Banker's Statement: Max Sinclair
The future is still uncertain, but for the right project, now is the time to lend
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NewsCity view: Germans’ appetite for lending could feed UK
While UK banks and building societies show no hunger to lend large sums, German lenders are beginning to return to the table
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OnlineDon’t bank on securing a loan this year
If values continue to fall, lenders will be too busy worrying about loan-to-value ratios to spare any more cash
