Nordic Landlords Eye 2025 Euro Bond Revival as Crunch Fades

Residential apartment blocks in Hagastaden, Stockholm.

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Europe’s corporate bond market will likely see more issuance from Nordic landlords in 2025 after a two-year funding crunch eased this fall with issues by Heimstaden Bostad AB and Castellum AB.

The region’s property firms face a €10.6 billion ($11 billion) mountain of maturing notes over the next 12 months, having loaded up on debt during the cheap-money era. A subsequent surge in borrowing costs at a time of falling property valuations fueled a funding crunch in 2023, with companies in Sweden being particularly hard hit.