Q4 to see record healthcare investment volumes despite COVID-19

The U.K. healthcare property market is set to see record quarterly transaction levels for both mergers and acquisition and fixed income in the fourth quarter 2020 with investment volumes in 2020 year-to-date (YTD) already 25 percent higher than last year, according to Knight Frank.

Total investment volumes into U.K. healthcare property in 2019 totaled £1.76 billion (€1.96 billion/$2.31 billion), while investment volumes in the sector so far in 2020 total almost £2.24 billion (€2.49 billion/$2.94 billion). With the fourth quarter set to see the completion of a number of prominent and high-value deals, Knight Frank predicts that the final quarter of 2020 will witness the highest ever quarterly transaction levels in the U.K. healthcare real estate sector.

High-profile healthcare property deals that are on the market and in the pipeline include England’s largest mental healthcare provider The Priory Group (£1.5 billion/€1.67 billion/$1.97 billion), mental health