In a recent webinar, members of the Real Assets Adviser Editorial Advisory Board shared their outlook for the 2026 real estate market within the private wealth channel. The discussion explored investor and adviser sentiment, evolving market conditions, potential regulatory impacts, and trends across key product and asset classes.
Ed O’Farrell, managing director for Real Assets Adviser with Institutional Real Estate, Inc., was joined by panelists Zach Brown, senior vice president at Plante Moran Realpoint Investment Advisors; Sarah Hauptman, managing director, private real estate at HB Wealth; and Jonathan Woloshin, head real estate and lodging analyst Americas, UBS Global Wealth Management's Chief Investment Office.
The panelists emphasized the importance of diversification, and the need to avoid concentration risk and liquidity constraints in the year ahead.
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