Politics and change creating opportunity: CREFC Europe Spring Conference reviewed

The CREFC Europe Spring Conference in London once again provided a fascinating insight into developing trends in real estate markets and in particular how they are affecting commercial property finance. Key topics this year included: the increased impact geopolitical events are having on real estate; the best areas for finding yield late on in a cycle and in a lower transactional environment; the difficulty in pricing assets in a world of shorter leases and an increasingly dominant online market for shoppers; increased appetite for alternative fixed income sectors; and the impact that rapidly changing advances in technology and data provision are having on property cycles and how lenders operate. CoStar News reviews the emerging thoughts of leading figures at the conference.