KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Real estate investment sales in Singapore closed the final quarter of 2025 with total transactions amounting to S$10.97 billion. While this represented a 3.3% quarteron-quarter (QoQ) decline from the preceding quarter, activity levels were still resilient. It should be noted that the third quarter had a high base of S$11.35 billion.
- Investment activity from S-REITs, institutional investors, and high-networth individuals remained healthy, underpinned by lower financing costs and strong fundamentals across most property segments. In addition, the impact of US President Trump’s tariffs proved less severe than initially anticipated.
- The outlook for the investment sales market in 2026 is shaped by more than just the trajectory of interest rates. Fluid and volatile geopolitical developments are increasingly adding complexity to the picture. Given these conditions, we are maintaining our investment sales forecast for 2026 at approximately S$34 billion, in line with 2025 levels. Among physical assets, sectors likely to perform better this year include office, retail, and properties with redevelopment potential.
