Debt Funds Close in on Banks as Biggest UK Real Estate Lenders

Debt funds have doubled their share of the UK real estate lending market over the past five years, indicating a meaningful shift away from banks in direct property lending. The change reflects post-crisis regulatory constraints on banks, which have lost ground to private credit providers. The article is largely structural and sector-level rather than an immediate market-moving event.

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Debt funds have doubled their share of the UK real estate lending market over the past five years, indicating a meaningful shift away from banks in direct property lending. The change reflects post-crisis regulatory constraints on banks, which have lost ground to private credit providers. The article is largely structural and sector-level rather than an immediate market-moving event.