After weathering the pandemic, the hospitality sector has been experiencing record levels of growth and is rapidly evolving in line with changing consumer preferences and innovation. Hotel investment, once considered an alternative asset outside mainstream real estate, is now attracting significant interest from a broader investment audience. Investors increasingly recognise that the sector’s multiple value drivers and ability to hedge against inflation through dynamic pricing mechanisms more than outweigh its inherent cyclical risks.

The prospect of having to deal with negative press reports and unreliable tenants puts a lot of investors off the affordable housing subsector. Tenants raising unjustified or false complaints at landlords for any number of supposed infringements of contracts is one of the top concerns some investors have, but these worries are based on rare examples, rather than common occurrences. Damage to property and unsocial behaviour are two other fears. Again, however, people tend to pick one outlier case and then almost use it to justify their bias against the subsector. Tackling these fears, as well as a perception that the subsector offers very low returns is crucial if Europe is to effectively manage its housing crisis.

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Germany’s new government is determined to invest some €500 billion into improving Germany’s defence and infrastructure, as well as fostering digitalisation. In terms of healthcare, there will be a €50 billion transformation fund to restructure the hospital system. This will involve consolidating the hospital landscape, boosting outpatient structures and fostering cooperation between clinics and outpatient services. The ultimate aim is to provide better, and more cost-effective, care for patients.

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).

Some 5.9 million square feet (550,000 square metres) of UK office stock was sold between 2022 and 2024 for £3.44 billion (€4.1 billion), with the intention of converting it to a range of alternative use types, says CBRE.

Investment in European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) rose from 1.9 percent of total European investment activity in 2019 to 5.3 percent at the end of 2024. Hines says this means PBSA become the fastest-growing real estate sector during this period.

TPG Angelo Gordon has closed its TPG AG Europe Realty Fund IV at nearly $2.5 billion (€2.2 billion), including $2.27 billion (€1.99 billion) in capital commitments and an additional $214 million (€188 billion) in co-invest capital.

Rising global uncertainty failed to dent the recovery in the UK office occupier market in the first quarter of 2025 as take-up remained resurgent and net demand turned positive for the first time in five years. This allowed vacancies to compress slightly after several years of increases. Over half a million square feet (46,500 square metres) more office space was moved into than vacated in the first three months of the year. This ended a run of consistent demand losses going back to the lockdown quarter of 2020, with 41 million square feet (3.8 million square metres) vacated on a net basis during the past five years.