A New Dawn: Seizing Real Estate's Moment of Opportunity

As we enter 2025, we remain in the midst of a massive transition in the investment landscape. The momentum of the distant past (where unusually low interest rates helped propel growth, asset appreciation, and easy leverage) has long since faded, replaced by a more challenging, higher-interest-rate environment that requires an increasingly strategic, methodical approach.

But we believe a new era of recovery and opportunity is upon us.

As many central banks begin cutting interest rates, fundamentals have improved, more capital is coming into markets, and global growth has shown signs of strength. From a wide-angle perspective, broader themes such as meaningful global demographic shifts (that are helping to reshape economies, industries, and geographies); the rise of AI and automation (which are transforming industries and workplaces); and a continued global focus on decarbonization are also guiding our increasingly positive forward-looking investment thesis.

These are all reasons that investors should approach the new year with both confidence and optimism.

Are We Headed into a New Era of Recovery?

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As fundamentals continued to strengthen, our analysis finds that just over 66% of global markets are in some phase of the “Buy” cycle—the highest level in eight years (see chart below, which illustrates the percentage of the 534 global real estate markets tracked by Hines Research in each of the various cycle phases since Q1 1990).where are we in the cycle now

Real Estate Sector Insights

As a new dawn emerges, we’re excited about the opportunities we’re seeing to put fresh capital to work. Our priority sectors and high-conviction themes for the year ahead include:

Living

Relatively Inelastic Demand, Perennially Undersupplied

Retail

Healthy Fundamentals Following a Decade of Adjustment

Office

Beleaguered but Potentially Turning a Corner

Industrial

Embedded NOI Growth Despite Some Moderating Fundamentals

Niche

Opportunity Emerges From Understanding Local Market Dynamics

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