French banks’ lending to the professional real estate sector in the second half of 2015

On 15th April 2015, the French Haut conseil de stabilité financière (HCSF – High Council for Financial Stability) published its analysis of the French commercial real estate market: several indicators suggest the presence of imbalances, in particular on the office segment in Île de France (Paris region), and the HCSF, while requesting the opinions of market professionals about its analysis, called for vigilance.