PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, today released its first bi-annual global real estate report, which found the COVID-19 pandemic led to significant short-term market dislocations and accelerated long-term structural changes in both commercial and multifamily real estate. The report delves into recent macro trends in real estate through the lens of private market fundraising and performance, offering insight into the availability of capital and allocation potential across regions and real estate sub-strategies like core, core plus, value-add, distressed, opportunistic and debt.
“After displaying remarkable resilience early in 2020, global real estate fundraising fell sharply from the record high raised in 2019 as uncertainty from COVID-19 lingered,” said James Gelfer, Head of US Private Market Research at PitchBook. “Investors closed fewer funds than at any point since the global financial crisis and the amount of capital raised was the lowest since 2013. The beginning of 2021 has been sluggish for real estate fundraising, too, and this trend seems likely to continue as there are few large funds in the market at present.”
Key Takeaways from PitchBook’s H2 2020 Global Real Estate Report
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