The United Kingdom’s commercial real estate sector is predicted to see £33 billion ($38 billion) of refinancing in 2026, which according to Robert Irving Burns (RIB), an independent real estate consultancy, will create a significant equity gap.
The large maturity cohort is refinancing into a market of higher-for-longer interest rates, lower loan-to-value ratios and repriced assets. To help clients bridge the burgeoning equity gap, RIB has launched RIB Private Finance, a specialist real estate finance advisory, to complement the established investment, commercial and residential departments, creating a fully integrated, multidisciplinary firm.
Real estate finance heavyweight, Adam Jaffe, has been appointed as senior director of the private finance practice and brings more than 25 years of experience in the London real estate finance market, across lending, borrowing and asset management. Sitting alongside Adam is RIB’s CEO, Antony Antoniou, whose deep sector expe
