Archive: Värde In the News

Värde was featured in Real Estate Capital Europe's 2025 Active Lenders report, highlighting our growing presence in the European real estate lending market, where we have had the privilege of working alongside experienced sponsors and advisors to finance high-quality real estate assets across the UK and Europe.

In a conversation with PERE Credit, Jim Dunbar, Partner and Head of Real Estate Lending, makes the case that the growth in commercial real estate bridge lending is more than just a short-term phenomenon; it’s indicative of the evolving and maturing non-bank lending landscape. Värde’s bridge loan lending profiles include construction takeout, value-add and increasingly more stabilized properties as well. “We’re seeing more deals on stabilized real estate assets, where the borrowers want to keep flexibility and don’t want to enter into a five- or 10-year, fixed-rate loan that is potentially difficult to prepay. We’re bridging them to the last turn of the rent roll before a sale or bridging them into what could be lower rates in the future. I believe that is part of a maturing landscape for the non-bank lending universe.”

Värde’s Head of Real Estate Lending, Jim Dunbar, joined Bloomberg Surveillance to share his insights on the U.S. real estate lending landscape. He discusses valuations, CRE CLO issuance and Värde's approach to investing in student housing. You can listen to the segment here.

Jim Dunbar, Partner and Head of Real Estate Lending, spoke with PERE Credit about the role of real estate private credit as a stabilizing force in investors’ portfolios, shifting from a traditionally opportunistic allocation to a core component. Jim highlighted that, historically, investors often looked to core equity real estate as a diversifying, cash-flowing strategy. However, in an environment with higher rates and declining property values, equity positions are often the first to absorb losses, whereas debt investors can benefit from the inherent protection of the broader capital stack. These dynamics are driving interest in real estate private credit, as investors seek to optimize their portfolios for long-term durability.

Monty Cook, Head of Asset-Based Finance – North America Lending, shared his outlook on private credit with Mergers and Acquisitions. With structural shifts anticipated to redirect $5-$6 trillion in assets to the nonbank sector over the next decade, Monty highlights the potential for new sub-asset classes to be created within asset-based finance, one of the fastest-growing segments of private credit.

Värde's Global Head of Fund Finance and Capital Markets, Missy Dolski, spoke with Bloomberg about the launch of Värde's Fund Finance platform.

Värde's Head of European Corporate and Traded Credit, Carlos Sanz Esteve, spoke with LSEG LPC about the increasing prevalence of co-operation agreements in the European market, a trend he believes is here to stay and will create opportunity for investors with the necessary skill set.

Värde's Head of European Corporate and Traded Credit, Carlos Sanz Esteve, spoke with Bloomberg about the potential investment opportunities in Europe's auto parts industry, hit hard by tariffs.

Värde's CEO, Brad Bauer, spoke with Private Debt Investor about opportunities in asset-based lending and how asset-level expertise and opportunistic credit experience can provide an edge in the strategy.

Värde is honored to be recognized by PERE Credit as runner-up Mid-Market Lender of the Year ($50m-$100m) for 2024. This achievement comes on the heels of another active year of origination for Värde’s commercial real estate lending platform. This recognition was given on March 1, 2025, reflecting the time period of November 2023 – November 2024.