Romania has an absolute debt funding gap of USD 2 billion, the equivalent of 5 percent of its invested stock, according to DTZ’s Global Debt Funding Gap, November 2011. Romania is at the same level with the UK, but after Ireland with 21 percent, Hungary with 8 percent.

“If a high debt funding gap may be seen by the investors as an opportunity to buy properties that are in a difficult situation or loans portfolio secured through real estate, in Romania, due to the reduced volume of stock investments, such opportunities are limited,” according to Bogdan Sergentu, Head of Valuations and Consulting.

DTZ estimates an increase of 78 percent in the debt funding gap in Europe from USD 122 billion to USD 217 billion.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

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