ValTrends Q4 2021 Real Estate Report: Strong Investor Appetite Driving Record Returns

Robust returns are driving investor appetite for commercial real estate, with annual returns hitting a more than 15-year high and transaction volume jumping 88% to more than $800 billion in 2021, a record. The preference among institutional investors for commercial real estate is approaching a seven-year high, with the industrial and apartment sectors topping the list.

Transactions in the industrial and apartment sectors shattered records, with industrial volume soaring 56% year over year to $166 billion, and multifamily rising almost 130% to $335 billion. Meanwhile, the industrial sector returned more than 43% on an annualized basis and the apartment sector posted annual returns of nearly 20%, the highest in more than a decade. 

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