Research

Thought leadership at AFIRE is positioned at the critical intersection of real estate market insights, investing, geopolitics, sustainability, research, analytics, and technology. 

AFIRE members benefit from access to a global network of real estate market insights, educational resources, and research collaborations designed to improve leadership, industry awareness, and better investing practices.

For nearly 30 years, AFIRE has produced the annual International Investor Survey, which measures sentiment, trends, and capital flows for global institutional investment. The survey is produced in partnership with the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business. In 2019, AFIRE also formed a new partnership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to co-produce a quarterly global report to identify up-to-date investment market trends.

Institutions that form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) would be wise to maintain the strategies and partnerships that allow timely execution when conditions align. The window does not stay open indefinitely.
October 13, 2026
Foreign investors now hold nearly 30% of US private real estate fund assets. Yet success is highly unequal between firms and funds. So, which firms succeed, which don’t, and why?
October 8, 2026
Stewart Rubin, Matt Wnek, and Marshall Swett of New York Life Real Estate Investors make the case for US commercial real estate—despite the global challenges.
October 6, 2026
In an article originally prepared for the Observer Research Foundation, Dr. Alexis Crow of PwC balances the growth of populism and strategy adjustments for the next CRE cycle.
September 29, 2026
The AFIRE 2026 Mid-Year Pulse Report tracks the latest shifts in global institutional investor sentiment and CRE, including updates on energy, housing, and new opportunities.
September 24, 2026
The 2026 Mid-Year AFIRE International Investor Survey: 2026 Outlook has 20 questions and will take around 10 minutes to complete. Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2026.
July 22, 2026
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AFIRE is not engaged in providing tax, accounting, or legal advice through this publication. No content published or shared by AFIRE is to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. Some information included in AFIRE research has been obtained from third-party sources considered to be reliable, though the publisher is not responsible for guaranteeing the accuracy of third-party information. The opinions expressed in AFIRE publications are those of its respective contributors and sources and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher.

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