🚨Global CRE investment volume held steady at $380B in H1 2025, but sector allocation is shifting. Office transactions rose 12% YoY, while industrial and residential dipped slightly. Investor demand is concentrating in data centers, with projected +18% capacity growth through 2026, and ESG is now a top-three investment driver. For U.S. capital flows, this signals a repricing: compliant assets enjoy –25 bps cap-rate premiums, while non-green stock risks stranded valuation.
RBI Repo Rate: 5.5%, unchanged as of Oct 2025 — [Source: RBI; Economic Times].
Q3 2025 Housing Sales Volume: –9% YoY (Top 7 cities) — [Source: Anarock].
Q3 2025 Housing Sales Value: +14% YoY — [Source: Anarock].
Loan Performance. Stable rates protect DSCR for Indian borrowers; developers avoid EMI-driven distress. FX risk remains for USD debt.
Demand Dynamics. Absorption shifts to mid- and luxury segments; affordability squeeze reduces momentum in entry-level housing.
Asset Strategies. Developers should pace launches in premium inventory; capex aligned to wealthy end-users sustains margins.
Capital Markets. India’s stability supports JV inflows; weaker dollar boosts USD investors’ INR returns.
Rate pause shields buyers.
Premium segment driving absorption.
FX volatility a cross-border risk.
Capital allocators see relative EM stability.
🛠 Operator’s Lens
Refi. Stable coupons into H1 2026; FX hedging vital.
Value-Add. Target upgrades in premium stock; wealthy buyers absorb costs.
Development. Focus on mid- to luxury pipeline; affordable demand muted.
Lender POV. Local banks steady; foreign lenders sensitive to INR swings.
RBI expected to hold through H1 2026.
Sales values likely to outpace volumes into 2026.
India’s 2026 budget could introduce housing tax incentives.
Economic Times — “RBI holds repo rate steady at 5.5%” (Oct 2, 2025). Anarock — India Housing Sales Report Q3 2025.
