How we can support you or your business
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Debt
We can provide flexible and responsive lending solutions through the full real estate cycle - from origination to underwriting, closing and refinancing – designed to fit your needs.
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Flexible requirements
We offer loans from £10m to over £100m, providing senior investment and development debt at 50-65% LTV/LTC.
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Equity
We can invest alongside our clients in value-add and opportunistic transactions, through our equity strategy (REALIS).
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Experience in your sectors
Our real estate specialists are experts across the commercial property sector, including living, industrial and logistics, office, and retail, giving valuable market insight and an exceptional level of service.
We collaborate with seasoned property developers and investors to unlock value across real estate assets. Our expert teams take a holistic view to your financial landscape, ensuring tailored solutions that align perfectly with your objectives.
With over three decades of experience, robust capitalisation, and a long-term perspective, we are the ideal partner for private equity funds, PLCs, REITs, and institutional investors navigating property market cycles. We support businesses in acquiring and developing property assets to maximise equity returns.
We have the capability and track record to provide loans of significant scale and can facilitate this via our capital partnerships or syndication expertise.
We offer clients the opportunity to co-invest alongside us and access institutional quality UK Real Estate assets. Investments focus on value-add and opportunistic equity transactions delivering strong absolute returns.
“Investec have been an absolute pleasure to work with. They have a deep understanding of the various property sectors and are committed to a partnership approach. We look forward to working with Investec again in both the student and fast expanding co living space.”
Adam Brockley, CEO, Scape Student Living
“Investec quickly understood the complexity of the property asset and venture, and performed quickly, which more than met our – and our partner’s – expectations.”
Paul White, Chairman and Chief Executive, Frogmore
Research and insights
Read Mark Bladon’s Real Estate Market Outlook for Q2 2025The economic outlook remains uncertain in 2025, but a recent rate cut by the Bank of England has boosted the real estate sector. Our team has seen strong lending volumes and a return to investment financing, particularly in the Living sector, supported by government commitments to affordable housing.
Get in touch
If you’d like to discuss how we can help you reach your goals.
Meet our financing specialists
Mark Bladon
Head of Real Estate
I began my Investec career in 2006, working in Property Finance as a loan originator, after having spent 12 years at Singer & Friedlander Plc where I had been a Credit Officer with responsibility for Real Estate. During my time at Investec, I have had the opportunity to work in several teams, including Treasury and Corporate, and in both loan origination and recoveries within Property Finance. In 2012, I played a pivotal role in repositioning Investec as a senior debt lender in the Real Estate market, with a particular focus on lending to Corporates and Funds. This ultimately led to the establishment and leadership of Investec’s Corporate Real Estate team. In recognition of my contribution to the firm, I was promoted to Head of Investec Real Estate in 2020. I am now responsible for all Real Estate funding, including over £2.5 billion of loan assets. In 2022, I took the initiative of establishing the new Real Estate distribution team, with a mandate to access partner capital across Syndication, Debt funds, and Equity Investment in Investec’s core specialisms of industrial, residential, student accommodation, and office repositioning.
Shivani Goolab
Head of Private Client Real Estate
Having completed a Bachelors in Business Science (Finance and Accounting) and Post Graduate qualification in Accounting at the University of Cape Town, I joined Investec’s Johannesburg office in 2012 as part of its Chartered Accountant (CA) Programme.
On qualification as a CA, I joined the Real Estate team in the UK, managing and originating a large portfolio of key clients across multiple real estate sectors, including student accommodation, residential for sale, industrial and logistics.
After a sabbatical to complete an MBA from Columbia Business School, I’ve returned to Investec and will be actively working with clients and originating new lending opportunities.
Jonathan Long
Head of Corporate Real Estate
Jonathan is currently Head of Corporate Real Estate lending responsible for over £1bn of loan assets, and specialises in providing debt finance for PBSA, residential and industrial projects. He has worked at Investec for 8 years having previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant at EY. He has 11 years of real estate experience and works across both the development and investment space.
Mark Bladon
Head of Real Estate
I began my Investec career in 2006, working in Property Finance as a loan originator, after having spent 12 years at Singer & Friedlander Plc where I had been a Credit Officer with responsibility for Real Estate. During my time at Investec, I have had the opportunity to work in several teams, including Treasury and Corporate, and in both loan origination and recoveries within Property Finance. In 2012, I played a pivotal role in repositioning Investec as a senior debt lender in the Real Estate market, with a particular focus on lending to Corporates and Funds. This ultimately led to the establishment and leadership of Investec’s Corporate Real Estate team. In recognition of my contribution to the firm, I was promoted to Head of Investec Real Estate in 2020. I am now responsible for all Real Estate funding, including over £2.5 billion of loan assets. In 2022, I took the initiative of establishing the new Real Estate distribution team, with a mandate to access partner capital across Syndication, Debt funds, and Equity Investment in Investec’s core specialisms of industrial, residential, student accommodation, and office repositioning.
Shivani Goolab
Head of Private Client Real Estate
Having completed a Bachelors in Business Science (Finance and Accounting) and Post Graduate qualification in Accounting at the University of Cape Town, I joined Investec’s Johannesburg office in 2012 as part of its Chartered Accountant (CA) Programme.
On qualification as a CA, I joined the Real Estate team in the UK, managing and originating a large portfolio of key clients across multiple real estate sectors, including student accommodation, residential for sale, industrial and logistics.
After a sabbatical to complete an MBA from Columbia Business School, I’ve returned to Investec and will be actively working with clients and originating new lending opportunities.
Jonathan Long
Head of Corporate Real Estate
Jonathan is currently Head of Corporate Real Estate lending responsible for over £1bn of loan assets, and specialises in providing debt finance for PBSA, residential and industrial projects. He has worked at Investec for 8 years having previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant at EY. He has 11 years of real estate experience and works across both the development and investment space.
Meet the full team
Our team has over 35 years’ of senior development lending experience.
Industry recognition
Residential Lender of the Year – Europe – Runner-up
2024
Small-Ticket Financing Deal of the Year (Sub-€20m Market) - Europe – Runner-up
2022
Mid-Market Lender of the Year (€20m-70m market) - Europe
2021
Small-Ticket Financing Deal of the Year (sub-€20m market) - Europe
2021
Financier/Lender of the Year
2020
UK Bank Lender of the year - Runner-up
2020
We offer a full suite of services for both you and your business.