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    ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

    Thereโ€™s a common complaint across UK bridging and short-term lending: โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.โ€ Thatโ€...

    8th January 2026

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    ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜ & ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด | ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

    At this point in the year, we tend to have a lot of conversations with clients and candidates asking the same question: how are we seeing the market shape up for the year ahead? I canโ€™t take ...

    7th January 2026

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    ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ โ€œ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€

    Despite muted transaction volumes, debt teams continue to hire while equity investors remain cautious. The reason is simple: ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—...

    7th January 2026

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    Insight: The European Debt Marketโ€™s Blind Spot โ€” Restructuring Capability Becoming Increasingly Essential

    Over the last decade, Europeโ€™s real estate lending landscape has evolved quickly. Mainstream banks, private credit funds and challenger banks have all grown their lending franchises, often with ...

    11th December 2025

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    Insight: Europe Is Becoming One Real Estate Market โ€” And Hiring Is Changing With It

    For years, investors talked about โ€œEuropean real estateโ€ as if it were a collection of disconnected national markets. Understandably, as real estate at a granular level always has been, local....

    11th December 2025

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    U.S. Net-Lease Investors in Europe: A New Wave of Capital and Opportunity

    A striking trend has emerged over the past 18 months: U.S. net-lease and sale-leaseback investors are moving into Europe at pace. What was once a niche segment in the European marketโ€”dominated b...

    2nd December 2025

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    Caravel North American Compensation Guide 2025

    Executive Summary The 2025 compensation environment across Private Equity, Private Credit, and Real Estate investment management reflects moderate growth in base salaries, selective bonus recover...

    20th November 2025

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    Carried Interest Guide for Real Estate Investment Professionals (Europe)

    Carried interest โ€“ โ€œcarryโ€ โ€“ is the piece of economics that turns a good real-estate investment job into genuine long-term wealth creation. In London and across Europe, carry is now a c...

    10th November 2025

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    Caravel Market Commentary: Hiring Trends in the European Real Estate Market (2025/26)

    Clients often ask us the same question: โ€œHowโ€™s the market? Whoโ€™s hiring? Whoโ€™s not?โ€ Itโ€™s a fair question โ€” but a deceptively broad one. Despite feeling โ€œsmallโ€ from the pe...

    9th November 2025

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    The Shortage of High-Calibre Originators in Short-Term Lending (2025) Caravel โ€“ Market Commentary

    One of the most persistent hiring challenges in UK real-estate finance today is the shortage of analytical, polished and institutionally trained originators within the bridging and short-term lend...

    23rd October 2025

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    Competency-Based Interview Guide for Real Estate (Transactional) Roles

    Introduction Competency-based interviews (CBIs) are now the preferred assessment method across investment banks, real estate private equity, credit funds, advisory platforms, and institutional ...

    14th October 2025