Apac real estate investments remain resilient, supported by land and development sites: Colliers
Singapore holds fourth place internationally, adding over US$ 7.9 billion in cross-border capital in 1H2025. The bulk was invested in industrial assets (US$ 2.9 billion), adhered to by office (US$ 2.41 billion) and retail (US$ 1.45 billion) properties. “Singapore continues to demonstrate its strength as a funding source and investment spot,” states Bastiaan VB, Colliers’ managing director for Singapore.
Lucy Mallick, international resources lead at Colliers, assumes sectoral changes and fundraising drive propelled by evolving financier goals are aiding to underpin Apac’s strength within otherwise subdued worldwide capital markets. Looking ahead, she anticipates capital flows to speed up in late 2025 as rising cost of living decrease and interest rates decrease.
In terms of market, the multifamily section remains the most active sector internationally since completion of 2Q2025, primarily driven by investments in North America, according to Colliers. The industrial industry even kept its spot as the second most engaged financial investment market, both around the world and throughout regions.
Colliers’ record feature a pick up in business office assets event, particularly in the Apac and the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regions, where the segment recaptured its leading spot based on financial investments on a rolling 24-month basis. On the other hand, the retail and hospitality segments preserved identical levels of task over the past 2 quarters.
The raise comes as Apac markets proceed to bring in land sales and new property developments. According to the report, Apac dominated the top 10 global positions for cross-border investments in land and development sites, along with seven countries from the region making the checklist. Australia led the pack, attracting US$ 1.022 billion ($1.28 billion) in investment decisions, followed by Singapore (US$ 981 million), India (US$ 808 million), Malaysia (US$ 606 million), Hong Kong (US$ 500 million) and Japan (US$ 404 million).
Overall, Australia and Japan were actually the only 2 Apac states to rank amongst the leading 10 international funding places across all property classes. However, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong emerged within the leading 10 cross-border funding sources all over the world, underscoring Apac’s expanding role in outbound investment, claims Colliers.
Despite economical headwinds dampening worldwide capital industry, realty financial investments in the Asia Pacific (Apac) region continue to show resilience, states Colliers. In its Global Capital Flows September 2025 report, the real estate services and investment management firm notes that financial investment activity in Apac charted a slight increase of 5% as of 1H2025 compared to the same duration last year.
