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Cain has secured a £350 million ($460 million) refinancing from funds and accounts managed by KKR for a prime U.K. industrial and logistics portfolio, representing a significant transaction in the sector this year.

The United Kingdom is the leading European location for brown to green office refurbishments, as transaction activity recovers and outdated stock comes onto the market.

Clarion Partners Europe has acquired a prime development site in Hildesheim, near Hanover.

Federated Hermes’ 2026 private markets outlook highlights continued shifts across real estate debt and infrastructure as cyclical and structural forces reshape investment conditions.

In 2026, private markets are reshaping infrastructure development, business financing, and portfolio diversification, according to BlackRock’s outlook. Structural forces — including digitalization and AI, the shift toward a low-carbon economy, and demographic change —are expanding opportunities, particularly in private infrastructure.

RXR has announced the origination of a $70.5 million loan to refinance Adler Montford Park, a newly delivered luxury multifamily development located in the Montford Park neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C.

Spain’s affordable housing sector presents significant opportunities for long-term investment and social impact, according to an Octopus Capital report.

Manufactured housing, which typically costs about half as much as a standard site-built home, continues to play a significant role in U.S. housing affordability, according to Storage Café.

Neinor Homes, Spain's leading residential developer, has completed the delivery of Torrejón Park Homes II, the second phase of its single-family housing project in the Madrid municipality of Torrejón de Ardoz, which has involved a total investment of €64 million across three phases. The delivery of these 45 homes marks a milestone in the consolidation of the Aldovea area, in the south of the municipality, which stands out for its dynamism and great residential potential.

Bidder competitiveness has continued to improve globally, suggesting growth in capital flows, across several asset classes, following a period of uncertainty.

Avila Real Estate Capital has held a first closing of its second debt fund with approximately $100 million in investor commitments.

Europe’s energy systems are under strain. The Iberian blackout earlier this year was a reminder that grid stability is becoming a scarce asset. For institutional investors, energy resilience has entered the same category as location, regulation and liquidity: a key determinant of asset value. Energy self-sufficiency at building or district scale is fast becoming the line that separates future-proof portfolios from those heading toward stranded-asset risk.

Is the United Kingdom’s purpose-built student accommodation market in trouble?

You have to admit it, it has been a strange few years. Whether you choose to look back over a one-, two- or three-year period, the world is a very different place now than it was then. Except, that is, if you are in the Asia Pacific real estate funds market, where the picture today looks remarkably unchanged over recent years. Can that be true, and if so, why?You have to admit it, it has been a strange few years. Whether you choose to look back over a one-, two- or three-year period, the world is a very different place now than it was then. Except, that is, if you are in the Asia Pacific real estate funds market, where the picture today looks remarkably unchanged over recent years. Can that be true, and if so, why?

Hunt Capital Partners announced the initial closing of its new affordable housing fund, Hunt Capital Partners Tax Credit Fund 52 (Fund 52), securing $175.3 million to date, with the balance expected to close in first quarter 2026.

City Developments Limited (CDL), through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, M&C Sakura TMK, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with real estate funds managed by Blackstone to divest the Bespoke Hotel Osaka Shinsaibashi in Japan for JPY 14 billion ($88.9 million), or JPY 54.7 million ($347,000) per key. The proposed divestment will be completed in December 2025.

The PNC Christmas Price Index (PNC CPI) has risen 4.5 percent compared to last year, outpacing the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (BLS CPI) October year-over-year reading of 3.0 percent.

INREV has launched the first-ever European Living Fund Index, providing more detailed performance data in response to continuing investor appetite for the sector.

Political instability, pre-Budget uncertainty, the higher-for-longer interest rate environment and the negative impact of the Building Safety Act have damaged investor sentiment toward U.K. commercial real estate, according to Investec’s fourth Future Living report, which surveyed 50 global institutional investors active in the U.K. living sector representing more than £300 billion ($395 billion) of AUM.

According to S&P Global Market Intelligence data, US REITs significantly increased their at-the-market (ATM) program activities in third quarter 2025, raising $6.35 billion, a 30.9 percent increase from the previous quarter. However, this was a 12 percent decrease compared to third quarter 2024. Healthcare REITs led the sector, contributing more than two-thirds of the total proceeds.