...Steven Devaney Purpose This real estate insights paper discusses how debt funding gaps can arise in commercial real estate markets and compares recent measurements of the funding gap for the European real estate market. Design/methodology/approach A review of largely practice-based literature...

...Joseph Ooi The focus of this research paper is on the debt ownership choice of UK property companies. The data show that bank borrowings constitute more than half of the total outstanding debt of the quoted property sector, testifying to the widespread use of bank debt among property companies. We...

...John Theis; Michael Casey This study examines the relationship between various agency factors and debt of property management firms in the UK. Findings indicate that debt is significantly inversely related to percentage of shares closely held, dividend yield and price‐to‐book ratio. Size, measured...