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Our Real Estate Investment Banking platform provides independent strategic M&A and capital raising advice. We achieve the best results for our clients by combining unparalleled knowledge of real estate markets, deep global investor relationships, and sophisticated investment banking capabilities.
We partner with you to provide unbiased, independent advice and bespoke solutions for your most strategic and complex real estate transactions.
Services include:
- Real estate mergers, acquisitions and disposals
- Restructuring advisory
- Review of strategic alternatives
- Joint ventures and strategic partnerships
- Platform valuations
- Capital raising and funding options
- Fairness opinions
- Sale and leasebacks
- Transaction negotiation and execution
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Related Insights
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Article | Intelligent Investment
The structural rise of infrastructure capital in commercial real estate
Infrastructure capital is reshaping commercial real estate, driving demand for living, healthcare, and data centres.
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Book | Intelligent Investment
UK Real Estate Market Outlook 2026
Our 2026 Outlook highlights the key opportunities, considerations, and areas where value is expected to emerge. Explore sector‑by‑sector insights to help shape your strategy for the year ahead.
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Book | Intelligent Investment
European Real Estate Market Outlook 2026
Discover the evolving real estate market cycle for the year. Learn why elevated interest rates, income-driven returns, and proactive asset management are key. Explore growth in the living sector and data centers amidst improving financing conditions.
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Book | Intelligent Investment
UK Real Estate Market Outlook Mid-Year Review 2025
Welcome to our 2025 UK Real Estate Market Outlook Mid-Year Review; in which we look back and evaluate our expectations for 2025 made at the beginning of this year.
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Last year saw the first signs of recovery in the UK real estate market following the downturn triggered by the global rise in interest rates.
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Book | Intelligent Investment
European Real Estate Market Outlook 2025
2024 was a period of adjustment, as inflation continued its path back towards target levels, energy price increases had less of an impact on growth, and interest rates peaked.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
European Self Storage Industry Report 2024
The 13th annual survey conducted by the Federation of European Self Storage (FEDESSA) continues its co-production with CBRE for a third year, assessing the European self storage market.
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Article | Intelligent Investment
Divergent performance provides diversification opportunities in UK real estate
We highlighted earlier in the year that UK real estate investments have delivered competitive returns over the long term when compared with equities and government bonds.
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Article | Intelligent Investment
How will the use of debt finance change in 2024?
Our 2024 Investor Intentions Survey suggests that sentiment is improving in real estate markets, with UK real estate investors intending to increase activity this year. One factor behind this shift is improved expectations for UK inflation and interest rates.
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2023 was not a stellar year for real estate investment with volumes down 30% to c. £44bn, and values continuing to fall.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
The debt funding gap for European real estate
Rising interest rates and falls in real estate values have led to tighter lending conditions in real estate markets, with reduced availability and an elevated cost of debt. As a result, investors face challenges in refinancing debt that was originated in the 2019-2022 period. CBRE has conducted a thorough analysis of the debt funding gap in Europe, specifically examining its implications for six major real estate markets and four key sectors. Explore our findings in the full report.
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Book | Intelligent Investment
UK Real Estate Market Outlook 2024
2023 has been a challenging year for real estate due to persistent inflation and a 15-year high in interest rates, both of which negatively impacted economic growth.
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Viewpoint | Intelligent Investment
Are Government or corporate bond yields a better benchmark for UK real estate pricing?
CBRE’s latest viewpoint examines which bond yields are more relevant for benchmarking UK real estate pricing. Explore the advantages and challenges of using Government and corporate bond yields with our detailed analysis.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
European Self Storage Industry Report 2023
The 12th annual Federation of European Self Storage Associations (FEDESSA) survey, co-produced by CBRE for a second year, assesses the European self storage market. In what has been a turbulent year for operators, businesses, and consumers alike, the industry has navigated multiple challenges in the macroeconomic and wider socioeconomic landscape.