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As 2024 comes to a close, 84 percent of U.S. hiring managers are positive about their company's hiring outlook for the first half of next year, with 52 percent feeling optimistic.

Climate change’s negative effects have expanded into U.K. pension fund investment returns, as they are expected to reduce by 30 percent.

Using in-house forecasts, analysis and professional expertise, BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management has released its 2025 outlook for the European real estate market. As interest rates decrease, the real estate market is gaining momentum, specifically for multi-asset investors looking to rebalance their portfolios.

The New Jersey Division of Investment (DOI) has issued an RFP for real estate investment consulting services.

Tishman Speyer’s TS Communities, the firm’s affordable housing development platform, has secured financing on an eight-story, 100-percent affordable apartment building at 160 Van Cortlandt Park South in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx.

After a rocky period, the real estate market appears to be on its way to recovery, according to a report, “Real estate recovery: Navigating the new landscape,” by Donald Hall, global head of research with Nuveen Real Estate.

Alternative real estate sectors are receiving increased attention from institutional investors.

The aging baby boomer cohort is fueling a tremendous increase in health-related research and services, which, in turn, is benefiting investors in the healthcare property sectors. U.S. healthcare expenditures are expected increase by 73 percent in the decade from 2022 to 2032 to reach $7.7 trillion.

The data center property sector is a critical link supporting three global economic megatrends — decarbonization, digitalization and supply-chain transformation.

In today’s dynamic real estate environment, identifying investment hot spots is more important than ever. This is particularly true when picking cities and urban districts that have a high development potential.

As the race to build data centers powers on, what trends and forces will drive the next bound of data center investing?

Despite the Sino elephant in the room, the outlook for Asia Pacific property markets is largely positive, thanks to generally cooling global interest rates and the ongoing, if grinding, international economic recovery from the pandemic era.

Although, on the surface, stranded asset risk presents more investment complexity — especially for larger office buildings that are trickier to refurbish viably — it also provides an exciting opportunity for investors. In fact, now is an opportune time for those with capital and the right skill set to step in and transform well-located “brown” offices in many major European cities into future-proof, high-quality workspaces in what are now termed brown-to-green investment strategies.

The coming year has its unknowns. What are the next Federal Reserve moves? Will a new administration enact policies favorable to the real estate market? The list goes on. But what of investor sentiment?

Up until around the middle of 2024, a certain thesis within real estate investment circles held sway. It went something like this: Once the era defined by inflated valuations and investment strategies reliant on cheap capital and liquidity blew up in 2022, institutional investment committees took a large step back from real estate allocations.