PRIME YIELD RELEASES RESEARCH: PORTUGAL LEADS THE WAY IN REDUCING NPL IN EUROPE
Portugal recorded the sharpest annual reduction in the Non-performing Loans (NPLs) stock in Europe, according to Prime Yield’s latest report ‘Investing in NPL in Iberia’. Between the second quarter of 2024 and the same period in 2025, the country reduced its stock-pile of bad debt by 15.7%, reaching a total of €4.3 billion, the lowest figure in the last decade. …
Read MoreResearch by Prime Yield: Property investment is expected to surpass €2,0 bn again in 2025, benefitng from stable macroeconomic and political conditions
Prime Yield, part of Gloval, has presented the ‘Investment Guide for Property in Iberia 2025′, showcasing the key performance indicators for the property market in Portugal and Spain over the last year, and also providing a comparative legal framework focused on REITs and SICs. This essential tool for investors looking at or already active in this market kicks off with …
Read MorePrime Yield in the press: Property investment in Portugal and Spain recorded a strong activity in 2024 and improves outlook for 2025
In an article that echoes the conclusions of our study ‘Investment Guide for Property in Iberia 2025’, El Inmobiliario Mes a Mes notes that the property market in Portugal and Spain ended last year with a performance that confirms its position as a safe haven and strategic destination for investors. Overall, the two countries attracted €16.4 billion in property investment …
Read MorePrime Yield in the press: “The sale of distressed assets will record its best year since 2019, with €22bn”
NPL sales in Spain are expected to have their best year since 2019 in 2024, with an estimated €22bn worth of portfolios transacted, 40% more than in 2023. These are the key findings of our recently published study ‘Keep an Eye on the NPL & REO Markets’, which is the subject of an in-depth feature in elEconomista. We invite you …
Read More“Keep an Eye on the NPL&REO Markets 2025”: Prime Yield uncovers key findings on NPL trading dynamics
Prime Yield has just released the 2025 edition of ‘Keep an Eye on the NPL&REO Markets’, the annual report that analyses the dynamics of NPL transactions, as well as the KPIs of this sector, in Brazil, Greece, Portugal and Spain. Among the main conclusions of the new edition is the fact that the European markets covered by Prime Yield in …
Read MorePrime Yield in the Press: “Specifically in Iberia, one of the drivers of NPL sales in 2025 will continue to be the secondary market”
Speaking to Open Hub News EU, Francisco Virgolino, Managing Director of Prime Yield, explains that the secondary market is going to be one of the main drivers of NPL transactions in Iberia over 2025. The challenges faced by this sector in both Southern Europe and Brazil set the tone for this talk, in which Francisco also discusses how Prime Yield …
Read MorePrime Yield in the Press – ‘Managers and buyers of bad debts: for a regulation that promotes the development of the sector’
Prime Yield’s research is a reference when it comes to the NPL market in Spain. A recent article in El Confidencial about European regulations on NPLs highlights the data released in the company’ Spring research ‘Keep an Eye on the NPL & REO Markets’, which focuses on Spain and the other countries where we provide specialised services for this market. …
Read MorePrime Yield’s research of NPL is a finalist in Iberian Property Investment Awards 2024
Prime Yield’s report “Investing in NPL in Iberia-2023” is one of the three finalists as “Research Report of the Year” at the Iberian Property Investment Awards 2024. We’ve launched the first edition of this annual study in 2018 and, since then, have been providing an updated and innovative picture of the non-performing loans (NPL) as an investment class. The twist …
Read MorePrime Yield in the Press – Axactor, Sareb, Santander and Blackstone lead the way in non-performing loan sales
Non-performing loan portfolio transactions continued to shake up the Spanish market in 2023, which holds 21% of the European stock of non-performing loans. This is one of the key figures in Prime Yield’ Spring update on this market. This research is often cited in articles on the subject, such as the recent one by Idealista. Read the full article here. …
Read MorePrime Yield in the press – New NPL directive: towards greater transparency and maturity of the real estate ‘servicer’
Spain is in the process of transposing the European directive on the sale of NPLs into national law, a topic that is widely reported in Cinco Días. The context of the NPL market, specifically the stock in default in the country and its share in European total, is presented through data from our Spring research “Keep an Eye on the …
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