Low Yields And Liquidity Issues Among Top Concerns Apac Investors

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BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – According to the recently published Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2025 report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI), low yields and “sluggish” transaction volumes have become major concerns for property investors in the Asia Pacific (Apac) region this year.The report gathers investor sentiment from leading asset managers around the world, including Blackstone from the United States, Savills Investment Management from the United Kingdom, and CBRE Investment Management. Over 70% of the survey respondents identified low yields, persistently high interest rates, and geopolitical tensions as their top three concerns.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe report also notes that Asia Pacific remains attractive to industry leaders as a diversification strategy due to its population growth and other demographic metrics, as well as its divergent monetary policies, such as Japan’s intention to increase short-term interest rates.Last year, real estate transactions in the region grew by 13% year-on-year to US$173.5 billion ($231.3 billion), surpassing the growth rates of other regions such as Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, which saw a 12% year-on-year growth, and the Americas, which saw an 11% year-on-year growth.However, with Europe and North America looking to start a new capital markets cycle, transaction volumes in Apac are expected to remain “sluggish.” The decline in transaction volume has affected liquidity in the Asia Pacific, with China experiencing a 25% year-on-year decrease in transactions to US$418.3 billion ($557.6 billion), while Hong Kong SAR saw a 1% year-on-year decline to US$15.7 billion ($20.9 billion).Meanwhile, in Europe, investors are facing very different concerns. The top three concerns for asset managers in the region were international political instability (85%), a further escalation of the war in the region (83%), and Europe’s economic growth (77%).Data from MSCI, a leading US-based research and data analytics company, also show that US commercial property prices stabilized last year, ending the year down just 0.7%. As a result, investors may shift their focus and capital to these regions in the coming months.The report also revealed that data center assets scored the highest for investment and development prospects in all three regions in 2025. According to New York-based research firm Green Street, global demand for data centers reached record levels last year, with asking rents growing at a double-digit pace. In its latest research, MSCI also marks 2024 as a standout year for the asset class, with acquisitions of existing data centers through single property and portfolio deals increasing by more than 60% in the US.Last September, Blackstone and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) acquired data center firm AirTrunk from Macquarie Asset Management and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board for over US$16 billion ($21.3 billion), making it the largest commercial real estate deal ever recorded in Asia Pacific and globally in 2024.