Flexible Real Estate Lending Built for Complex, High-Stakes Deals
A New Breed of Real Estate Lender
Hilco Real Estate Finance was founded to bring flexibility, speed, and creativity to a rigid lending world. We’re proving there’s a better way to finance complex property transactions.
We don’t follow rigid checklists or automated scorecards — every deal is evaluated on its own merits. Whether it’s residential, retail, infrastructure, or a complex ownership structure, we bring creativity, pragmatism, and capital to the table. Our loan sizes range from £1 million to £150 million, and no sector is off-limits.
But it’s not just about the capital — it’s about how we work. We partner closely with brokers from first call to final completion, offering direct access to decision-makers throughout the process. Our London-based investment team is hands-on, transparent, and responsive. That means fewer delays, more certainty, and the service you actually deserve. At HREF, brokers aren’t gatekeepers — they’re partners.
Short duration lending
Flexible capital
Deal-by-deal underwriting
Global Strength Meets Local Agility
Hilco Real Estate Finance is proudly backed by Hilco Global, a leading alternative asset manager with over 40 years of experience and more than $5 billion in assets under management. This partnership gives us the capital strength, institutional credibility, and operational firepower to fund complex, high-value deals — fast. With global reach and local focus, we combine entrepreneurial flexibility with the support of a world-class financial platform.
At HREF, we combine institutional discipline with entrepreneurial thinking. Our approach is centered on flexibility, speed, and direct engagement — enabling us to underwrite complex transactions with confidence and deliver certainty in a market that demands it.
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Hilco Real Estate Finance UK
Our competitive advantage is that our approach to lending is genuinely unconstrained, enabling us to evaluate every lending case on its individual merits, working across every sector of the real estate market.
If your business or a business in your portfolio is facing a current challenge, our team can provide a qualified perspective and experience-based guidance toward an optimised resolution.