Real estate transparency is more critical than ever in times of uncertainty, and markets emerging as the most transparent are pulling further ahead based on investments in technology integration and AI, data availability and sustainability. This is according to JLL and LaSalle’s biennial, proprietary Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI), which benchmarks market transparency to help inform how real estate is invested in, developed and occupied in different regions around the globe.
While transparency has increased across most nations and territories since JLL’s 2022 report, the index finds that Europe remains the most transparent region, and highly transparent commercial real estate markets have seen the strongest progress. Among the global top improvers are the United States, Canada, France and Australia, while Singapore has entered the “Highly Transparent” group for the first time, boosted by a focus on sustainability and digital services. The top s
