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Tokyo tops Asia Pacific real estate prospects for 2026
Research - NOVEMBER 20, 2025

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Tokyo tops Asia Pacific real estate prospects for 2026

by Andrea Zander

Investors rank Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney as the top three cities in Asia Pacific for real estate investment prospects in 2026. Tokyo is the top-ranked city for the third year in a row, according to Urban Land Institute (ULI) Asia Pacific in its Emerging Trends in Real Estate Asia Pacific 2026. The report is the firm’s annual industry outlook in collaboration with PwC, which brings together insights from top industry leaders and analysts.

The data center sector is expected to be the best-performing property sector in 2026, and investors also cited logistics and the living sectors as outperformers.

The real estate industry is beginning to get to grips with artificial intelligence (AI); nearly half of companies have a defined policy to adopt innovative technology.

Despite continued distress in China real estate markets, sentiment has improved substantially for both Hong Kong and Shanghai.

 

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