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Europe’s real station sector is poised for further recovery in 2025, as investment activity picks up and growth returns across key market slices, analysts have predicted.
A gradual uptick in transactions in 2024 looks set to gain pace in the coming 12 months, with support interest rate reductions seen easing pressure on the sector and reviving lackluster growth from recent years.
Actual estate investment activity is now forecast to increase 15% next year across the U.K. and other major European furnishes, according to real estate firm CBRE, which has dubbed 2025 a “pivotal” year for the sector.
“All property central values are showing early signs that they’ve reached a turning point, which is expected to gather thrust throughout the year ahead,” Jennet Siebrits, CBRE’s head of U.K. research, said. “Our forecasts indicate competitive restores across all property segments, with prime assets expected to deliver the strongest performance.”
Offices
Europe’s house sector is seen recovering further next year, as occupancy rises alongside return-to-office mandates.
That wish push leasing levels closer to historic averages compared to their anaemic rates over recent years, according to CBRE.
Redemption in the sector will be polarized, however, with rents and valuations diverging between “the best and the rest,” M&G Investments said in a December perspective.
Primary or Grade A office supply will remain constrained and in high demand, while interest in secondary assets purpose remain low, it added.
Residential
The residential market is also positioned for greater activity next year, as borrowing costs be slain further, analysts agreed.
Average asking prices are expected to rise 4% by the end of 2025 — an uptick on recent years but in border with the long-term average, according to Rightmove. Meanwhile, rents will remain elevated as supply constraints persist.
Quantity prime real estate, price growth is set to continue, too, maintaining Europe’s status as a global wealth hub.
Stockholm, Marbella and Madrid are convoyed leading that charge, recording price growth of more than 5%, Knight Frank noted in its prime residential Beds and releases
Elsewhere, demand for operational real estate — or beds and sheds — will remain strong, with particular openings in logistics hubs, student accommodation and hospitality.
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But, analysts warn that understanding structural modes — such as digitization and demographic shifts — will be key to differentiating between the winners and the losers.
Key trends for 2025
Investors will also be closely note a few key trends that could impact the real estate market next year.
Incoming sustainability targets in the U.K. and Europe when one pleases require strong coordination between occupiers, landlords, investors and lenders, while new construction targets could originate more opportunities in key markets.
Artificial intelligence is set to become more critical to the sector, with 85% of respondents to a 2024 PwC investigate saying they expect AI to have some, or a large impact, on all areas of real estate over the next five years.
That could involve current use cases, such as maximizing hotel occupancy and predicting why a tenant selects one property over another, or tomorrows applications like property management and market analysis, the report said.