Confidence has grown throughout the entire real estate supply chain over prospects for the UK market, according to a survey by the United Kingdom’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF).

The organisation, which gathered opinions for the survey from 10,874 attendees at the 2025 UKREiiF conference in Leeds between 20 and 25 May, has found some 70 percent of real estate professionals are positive about the year ahead, up from 52 percent at the same time in 2024. Every UK region recorded a significant increase in positive sentiment, with particularly strong gains in Scotland (47 percent to 67 percent), the South West (55 percent to 74 percent), the South East (52 percent to 70 percent) and Wales (53 percent to 71 percent). London saw a marked uplift of 17 percentage points from 52 percent to 69 percent.

Negative sentiment, meanwhile, has dropped from 17 percent to 6 percent, while neutral views have declined from 31 percent to 24 percent.

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