CoStar projects yields to ease across CRE property types in 2026

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the U.S., yields are poised to edge lower across commercial real estate property types in 2026, according to the latest forecast from CoStar, the leading global provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.

The updated forecast is more bullish than in prior quarters, driven by an increase in transaction volume and firming prices. In the third quarter of 2025, sales volume increased 43% year over year, reflecting broader deal activity across all property types, sizes and geographies.

“The industrial and multifamily sectors have already experienced cap rate compression since the latter half of 2024, particularly for high-quality assets where vacancies have peaked and rent growth is starting to accelerate,” said Chad Littell, National Director of U.S. Capital Markets Analytics at CoStar Group. “Office and retail cap rates, on the other hand, have largely moved sideways, but the upward pressure on yields is easing and the outlook suggests similar movement or potentially lower levels ahead.”

Additional factors, including improved liquidity and the tightening of corporate bond spreads, also suggest lower cap rates.

The full forecast can be found here.

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About CoStar Group

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Founded in 1986, CoStar Group is dedicated to digitizing the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

CoStar Group’s major brands include CoStar, a leading global provider of commercial real estate data, analytics, and news; LoopNet, the most trafficked commercial real estate marketplace; Apartments.com, the leading platform for apartment rentals; Homes.com, the fastest-growing residential real estate marketplace; and Domain, one of Australia’s leading property marketplaces. CoStar Group’s industry-leading brands also include Matterport, a leading spatial data company whose platform turns buildings into data to make every space more valuable and accessible; STR, a global leader in hospitality data and benchmarking; Ten-X, an online platform for commercial real estate auctions and negotiated bids; and OnTheMarket, a leading residential property portal in the United Kingdom.

CoStar Group’s websites attracted over 143 million average monthly unique visitors in the third quarter of 2025, serving clients around the world. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, CoStar Group is committed to transforming the real estate industry through innovative technology and comprehensive market intelligence. From time to time, we plan to utilize our corporate website as a channel of distribution for material company information. For more information, visit CoStarGroup.com.

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" including, without limitation, statements regarding CoStar's expectations or beliefs regarding the future. These statements are based upon current beliefs and are subject to many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements. The following factors, among others, could cause or contribute to such differences: the risk that U.S. Commercial Real Estate yields across property types are not impacted as forecast. More information about potential factors that could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those stated in CoStar’s filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in CoStar’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and Forms 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025, and September 30, 2025, each of which is filed with the SEC, including in the “Risk Factors” section of those filings, as well as CoStar’s other filings with the SEC available at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements are based on information available to CoStar on the date hereof, and CoStar assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.