PERE roundtable: US real estate debt

This article first appeared in the September 2024 edition of PERE

LaSalle’s Isabelle Brennan sat down with peers from other leading alternative credit providers across the US to discuss the state of real estate debt across the United States.

US private lenders eye real estate opportunities as activity ramps up

With banks likely to remain on the sidelines amid regulatory changes, participants in PERE’s US debt roundtable anticipate openings to deploy capital both in refinancing and new acquisitions, Stuart Watson reports.

Over the past 18 months higher interest rates, uncertainty about property values, and questions over secular shifts in demand for some asset classes have combined to suppress activity in US commercial real estate lending markets. Meanwhile both money center and regional banks have scaled back activity in the face of concerns over the health of their balance sheets, and the expected introduction of stricter capital requirements aimed at reducing liquidity risk.