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Kuala Lumpur Residential Market Dynamics
Analysis of current residential real estate market conditions in Greater Kuala Lumpur.
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Analysis of current residential real estate market conditions in Greater Kuala Lumpur.
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The Philippine hotel sector maintained an 81.8% occupancy rate in Q1 2026 with average room rates declining marginally to PHP 8,034 per night, while foreign tourist arrivals reached 1.8 million in the quarter, up nearly 9% year-on-year. Rising jet fuel costs and airline route suspensions pose headwinds, but the sector's fundamentals remain supported by sustained corporate demand, resilient luxury segment performance at 86% occupancy, and government efforts to boost domestic tourism and target international markets including China, Korea, and India.
This is a market report published by JLL in March 2026 covering capital markets dynamics in the Netherlands during the first quarter of 2026, with a focus on Amsterdam and broader European market context.
This is a Q1 2026 market report published by JLL covering multifamily residential dynamics in the Netherlands, with a focus on the Amsterdam market.
The Hague office market recorded stable conditions in Q1 2026, with take-up increasing to approximately 20,300 square meters compared to 16,300 square meters in Q1 2025, while total available space stood at approximately 128,300 square meters with vacancy at 3.1%, supporting stable prime rents at €245 per square meter per annum. Investment activity remained limited at €7.5 million with a single transaction of approximately 2,800 square meters, and prime net initial yields remained stable at 5.50%, with the market expected to maintain stable conditions driven by location-specific occupier requirements and government-related activity.
This is a market report published by JLL in March 2026 covering retail market conditions and dynamics in the Netherlands for the first quarter of 2026.
Zurich's hotel sector experienced steady growth in room occupancy rates, prices, and revenue per available room, with multiple new hotel openings and renovations occurring in 2025. City tourism is driving Swiss tourism growth at above-average rates compared to Alpine regions, and BAK Economics forecasts this trend to continue.
The JLL Nordic Outlook Report Autumn 2025 examines how Nordic institutional strength creates enduring value in the region's real estate market, with particular emphasis on Stockholm's top European innovation ranking. The report notes that since February 2025, increased global uncertainty stemming from shifts in the world order has prompted investors to reassess risk and seek stability in regions with proven institutional strength, potentially benefiting Europe's relative position.
JLL's Switzerland office market study for 2025 reports that vacancy rates in the five largest Swiss markets (Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Basel, and Lausanne) rose 9% year-over-year to 995,500 m², with the average supply ratio increasing from 4.1% in late 2019 to 5.0% at end of 2024, while new construction activity bottomed out at 57,000 m² in 2024 and is expected to rise annually between 2025 and 2027. The report finds that demand remains intact for modern, flexible, ESG-compliant office space in well-connected locations, while older buildings without proximity to transit stations face leasing challenges, and predicts yield compression and higher transaction volumes in 2025 as investors increase capital deployment in a lower interest rate environment.
Belgium's industrial real estate market in Q1 2026 experienced a 69% year-over-year decline in logistics take-up to 41,816 square meters, driven by the absence of large transactions above 20,000 square meters, while semi-industrial space dominated overall activity at 87% of 319,057 square meters of total take-up with acquisition interest reaching 45%. The logistics vacancy rate on the Antwerp-Brussels axis increased slightly from 3.36% in Q4 2025 to 3.41%, with no major corridor deliveries creating upward rental pressure on prime semi-industrial assets.
Belgium's office capital markets saw investment volume exceed €1 billion in 2025, driven by core+ transactions and an atypical asset disposal, with private wealth investors expanding their deal activity across all asset segments. Prime office yields remained unchanged in Brussels and Flanders pending additional reference transactions to establish new market benchmarks.
The JLL Q1 2026 industrial real estate market report for Île-de-France documents 186,000 m² of leasing demand (down 28% year-over-year and 38% below the five-year average) across 205 completed leases, with average rents at 121 €/m²/year, prime rents at 190 €/m², and immediate available supply at 2 million m² (up 7% annually). The report attributes rent declines and weak demand to oversupply conditions and broad economic constraints affecting tenants, though the buyer's market reportedly provides companies with enhanced negotiating leverage.
Germany's commercial real estate investment market recorded €8.9 billion in transaction volume during Q1 2026, a 12 percent increase year-over-year, driven primarily by single-asset deals outside the seven major metropolitan areas while yields remained stable despite rising government bond yields compressing risk premiums. The document attributes this modest positive momentum to improved economic conditions compared to 2022, broader investor participation across asset classes (led by Living at 28 percent of volume), and ongoing deal completion from transactions initiated in 2025, though geopolitical tensions and rising financing costs have created cautious sentiment among some market participants.
The Île-de-France industrial real estate rental market in Q1 2026 recorded 186,000 m² of placed demand, down 28% year-over-year and 38% below the five-year average, with 205 transactions executed amid broader economic constraint. Average rents across the region stood at 121 €/m²/year, down from 126 €/m² a year prior, while immediate available supply remained high at 2 million m² (up 7% annually), creating favorable negotiating conditions for tenants despite the weakened demand environment.
JLL's European Retail City Profile for Barcelona, published in November 2025, presents market insights on the city's retail sector, including its position as the fourth largest retail market in Europe with annual sales expected to reach €39.0 billion in 2025 and an average metropolitan population of 6.0 million inhabitants. The document reports that Barcelona's disposable income per household averages €60,000 in 2025 (13% above the national average), retail sales are forecast to grow 3.3% annually from 2025 to 2029, the city attracted over 26 million visitors to its metropolitan area generating more than €10 billion in tourism spending, and premium shopping street Paseo de Gracia commanded the highest rents at €3,226 per square meter per year in Q3 2025.
The Lyon office investment market recorded €108 million in transaction volume during the first quarter of 2026, representing a 29% decline from the same period in 2025 and a 56% decline compared to the five-year average for first quarters. Prime yield rates remained stable, ranging from 5.50% to 5.75% for office space and 4.80% for logistics.
The document analyzes the industrial rental market in Marseille in the first quarter of 2026, reporting that approximately 34,000 m² were transacted, representing a 23% annual increase but still 5% below the five-year average, while average rents declined to 94 €/m²/year from 106 €/m²/year the previous year due to economic conditions and supply shortages. Prime rents remained at 130 €/m²/year, supported by limited supply and tertiarization of assets in premium zones, while new space rents fell to 113 €/m²/year and secondary space rents decreased to 91 €/m²/year.
The JLL report analyzes Lyon's industrial real estate rental market in Q1 2026, noting a 12% year-over-year rebound with 64,700 m² exchanged, though this remains 14% below the five-year average. Prime rents reached €125/m²/year while average new space rents held steady at €102/m²/year and second-hand rents rose to €92/m²/year, with immediate availability reaching 620,000 m² (+36% annually), indicating a supply-rich market favoring tenants despite strong underlying demand for new space.
This is a market report published by JLL in March 2026 covering office sector dynamics in Rotterdam, Netherlands during the first quarter of 2026.
Lyon's office rental market experienced historically low activity in the first quarter of 2026, with only 31,335 m² marketed and demand falling 32% year-over-year to its lowest level since 2015, while immediate supply rose 20% to 617,763 m² and vacancy reached 7.9%. Prime rental rates for regenerated assets in the 6th arrondissement held at 380 €/m²/year, while secondary market space averaged 186 €/m², with secondary stock comprising 71% of available supply.
Düsseldorf's retail market is projected to reach €8.3 billion in sales in 2025, with retail growth expected to average 3.8% annually through 2029, supported by a population of 658,200 city residents and 2.9 million in the metropolitan area, along with 3.3 million annual tourists and average household disposable income of €70,100. Prime rents on Königsallee, the city's premier retail address, stood at €3,360 per square metre per year as of Q3 2025, positioning Düsseldorf as Germany's second-largest retail market by sales per capita at €13,340.
JLL's Big Six Residential Development Report for Summer 2025 analyzes residential development trends across six UK cities (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, and Manchester), finding average annual price growth of 1.7% and rental growth of 2.1% across these markets, with Birmingham leading in both metrics and over 14,500 BTR units in its pipeline. Key findings include a 64% increase in BTR investment in H1 2025 versus the five-year H1 average, normalization of rental growth from 4.2% in December 2024 to 2.1% currently, removal of Scotland's temporary rent cap legislation on 1 April 2025, and development viability challenges from building safety regulations and planning restrictions impacting new home completions despite strong underlying demand for urban housing.
Zurich's office vacancy rate declined marginally to 5.2% in Q1 2026 from 5.3% in the previous quarter, with uneven vacancy trends across submarkets and a significant decrease in new-build activity alongside property repurposing reducing available office inventory. The document provides summary analysis of Zurich's current office real estate market conditions as of April 2, 2026.
In Q2 2025, Warsaw's office market recorded net demand of approximately 63,000 square meters with total transaction volumes of 155,000 square meters, while the vacancy rate stood at 10.8% overall, with 7.8% in central zones and 13.3% outside the city center. New office supply in the first half of 2025 totaled 85,200 square meters, with lease renewals accounting for 59% of leasing activity in Warsaw during the quarter.
Prime office rents in Stockholm's CBD reached SEK 9,800/sqm/year in Q1 2026, up 3.2% year-on-year, while the overall vacancy rate rose to 15.9% (up 1.5 percentage points), with peripheral areas such as Kista experiencing significantly higher vacancy at 35.9%. New office supply is constrained, with completions averaging around 80,000 sqm annually through 2028 and approximately two-thirds of upcoming deliveries already pre-let.
Luxembourg's office market in Q1 2026 experienced a sharp 37% year-on-year drop in take-up to 24,779 square meters due to geopolitical tensions, with vacancy improving to 3.6% and prime CBD rents holding steady at €54/sq.m./month while citywide average rents reached €35.6/sq.m./month. Investment activity remained limited with only one major deal—the State's acquisition of Edison 2 for redevelopment into a European school—though the outlook indicates continued rental growth driven by inflation and construction cost pressures.
The JLL report analyzes Helsinki's industrial real estate market conditions in Q1 2026, finding that prime logistics rents remained stable at €9.50 per square meter per month while prime logistics yields compressed by 5 basis points to 5.20%, with transaction volume reaching €159 million in the quarter.
The JLL report covers Geneva's office market in Q1 2026, finding that available office space decreased and the vacancy rate fell to 5.8% (down 0.8 percentage points from Q4 2025), partly due to temporary asset withdrawals for renovation including BCGE's acquisition of the Atmosphère building removing approximately 12,000 square meters from the rental market. The analysis identifies intensifying market polarization, with prime buildings attracting the most demand while non-recently renovated assets experience persistent vacancies.
The Zurich office market saw vacant office space decrease by 4,900 m² year-over-year with an unchanged availability rate of 5.3%, though District 11 experienced a notable increase to 11.9% availability after over 50,000 m² became available from new developments. Demand remained weak through most of 2025 before picking up near year-end, with tech companies including Meta, OpenAI, and Boston Dynamics taking space, while over 40,000 m² was withdrawn for conversion to other uses, and a reduced construction pipeline of approximately 71,000 m² planned for 2026–2028 is expected to tighten availability again.
JLL's 2025 annual review of Luxembourg's office market reports a 36% growth in take-up to 181,160 square meters, driven primarily by the financial sector, with rental vacancy declining to 3.9% and prime office yields compressing by 25 basis points to 4.50%. Investment activity across all asset classes rebounded 38% to €839 million, approaching the five-year average of €847 million, with offices representing 54% of transaction volume alongside significant increases in retail, logistics, and residential investments.
JLL's Q4 2025 analysis of Zurich's high street retail market reports that prime rents on Bahnhofstrasse increased 26% over five years to reach CHF 10,750 per square meter annually by end-2025, ranking third in Europe behind Paris and London, with vacancy rates held below 1% by strong brand demand. The report attributes continued retail sector strength to Zurich's top-ranking European purchasing power position.
The Geneva hotel market achieved higher room occupancy rates and RevPAR in 2025, while average room rates and the total number of hotel rooms declined; various hotels undertook renovations and international chains pursued expansion plans. City tourism continued to drive growth in Swiss tourism at an above-average rate compared to Alpine regions, with BAK Economics forecasting this trend to persist in coming years.
Zurich's hotel sector experienced steady growth in occupancy rates, prices, and revenue per available room, with new hotel openings and renovations occurring in 2025. Swiss tourism growth is being driven primarily by above-average city tourism expansion, with BAK Economics projecting this trend to continue in coming years.
The Geneva office market experienced increased vacancy in 2025, with the regional availability rate rising to 6.6% from 6.2% at end-2024, while CBD vacancies reached 53,300 m² driven by large tenant relocations and post-renovation space returns to market. Prime rents in select lettings reached CHF 1,030 per m² annually (+6% versus 2024), though overall rents remained stable across submarkets, and demand for new certified office space remained solid despite a reduction in planned office supply due to project revisions.
Zurich's serviced apartments stock nearly doubled from 2,760 units in 2017 to 5,320 units in September 2025, with district 4 containing the highest concentration. Political initiatives in the city are seeking to restrict serviced apartment growth in residential zones and limit short-term residential lettings to no more than 90 days annually.
Nordic office investment reached €7.6 billion in 2025 with selective recovery and 23% of total Nordic transaction market share, while occupier demand concentrated in prime CBD locations and modern ESG-compliant buildings, leaving secondary stock dependent on incentives and repositioning. The report analyzes office markets across Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö/Lund, Helsinki, Oslo, and Copenhagen, finding that prime yields remained stable in core locations but secondary assets faced pressure, with overall vacancy rates elevated across the region and driven more by relocations and quality upgrades than net employment growth.
JLL's H1 2025 analysis confirms recovery in Luxembourg's office market, with take-up reaching 102,970 m² (104% above H1 2024), vacancy rates stable at 4.2%, and investment volume of €274 million substantially exceeding H1 2024's €193 million. The recovery is driven by high-end Grade A projects and the private sector, with prime rents remaining stable at €54 per m² per month in the CBD while secondary districts experience growth.
Transaction activity in Brussels's office market fell to historic lows in Q1 2026, with take-up of 40,496 sq.m. down 49% year-on-year—the weakest performance in 25 years—attributed to geopolitical tensions slowing decision-making, while city-wide vacancy remained stable at 7.7%, prime rents held at €400/sq.m./year in the European District, and Grade A space accounted for 43% of transactions. The investment market stalled with only €82 million in transaction volume nationwide, though the outlook suggests potential take-up recovery later in 2026 driven by EU deals despite the possibility of increased vacancy from speculative completions.
Rome's office leasing market recorded take-up of over 36,000 sq. m. in Q1 2026, representing 49% growth compared to Q1 2025, while prime rents remained stable at €610/sq. m./year. The investment market attracted €330 million in Q1 2026, comprising 48% of total office investment volume, with the prime CBD yield compressing 25 basis points to 4.5%.
Porto's office market recorded 6,140 square meters of take-up in Q1 2026, representing a 43% year-on-year increase, though activity remained below the three-year quarterly average, with the largest transaction being a 2,230 square meter letting to an IT company. The underlying market condition is characterized by a shortage of modern, high-quality office space constraining occupier options, though several projects in development are expected to gradually ease this supply constraint.
Dublin's capital markets recorded €433.5 million in investment activity across 22 deals in Q1 2026, with geopolitical instability and volatile swap rates causing transaction delays, though deals that proceeded to signing faced no material concessions. International investors represented 73.4% of total volume at €318.4 million, and a single €212 million acquisition of Newmarket Yards by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC accounted for nearly half of quarterly transacted volume.
This is a market report published by JLL in March 2026 covering office sector dynamics in Amsterdam during the first quarter of 2026. The report provides market analysis specific to the Amsterdam office market in the Netherlands.
This is a market report published by JLL in March 2026 covering office sector dynamics in The Hague, Netherlands for the first quarter of 2026.
In Q1 2026, Italy's real estate investment market totaled approximately €3.5 billion with international investors representing over 60% of volume, while retail and hospitality led by asset destination and private wealth investors concentrated over €400 million in the office sector. Prime office yields remained stable in Milan at 4.0% and compressed in Rome to 4.5%, with other assets ranging from 4.5% for multifamily to 7.0% for retail parks.
In Q1 2026, Milan's office leasing market recorded approximately 66,000 square meters of take-up plus 4,000 square meters in subleasing activity, with demand remaining robust and Grade A absorption accounting for 65% of total volume. Office investment in Milan totaled €260 million during the quarter, primarily driven by value-add repositioning strategies, while core assets in the CBD remained the primary focus for private investors, and Grade A vacancy held at approximately 3.6%.
Lisbon's office market in Q1 2026 recorded 28,910 square meters of take-up, representing an 80% year-on-year increase driven by ten deals exceeding 1,000 square meters. Prime CBD office rents reached €32.00 per square meter per month, reflecting continued flight-to-quality dynamics, while occupier confidence in best-in-class assets remained strong despite macroeconomic headwinds.
Portugal's industrial logistics market recorded a take-up of 65,100 square meters in Q1 2026, with the Lisbon region representing 37% of activity, as geopolitical conflicts dampened market sentiment. Prime rents in Lisbon reached €7.00 per square meter per month in leading assets due to persistent supply shortages, while near-shoring and supply chain resilience strategies are expected to sustain demand for modern logistics space.
Dublin's industrial and logistics market recorded 524,083 sq ft of take-up across 25 transactions in Q1 2026, representing a 45% decline from Q4 2025, with prime rents for larger units ranging from €13.25 to €15.00 per sq ft and smaller well-located units achieving €18.00 to €20.00 per sq ft. The market maintains a constrained supply environment with an estimated vacancy rate of 3.5% to 4% and over 799,000 sq ft of reserved space from the prior quarter in advanced negotiation stages.
JLL's 2025 review of Belgian commercial real estate documents major trends across offices, industrial and logistics, retail, and investment markets, with take-up in offices exceeding 360,000 m² (70% in Grade A buildings) while vacancy in Greater Brussels remained at 7.8% and rental values reached a record €193/m²/year on average. The investment market reached approximately 4.3 billion euros by early December, with industrial real estate recording an absolute record of 1.3 billion euros and Ultra High Net Worth private investors accounting for nearly a quarter of total volume, while the 2026 outlook remains cautious due to economic uncertainties and geopolitical conditions.
Ireland's residential investment market contracted significantly following 2022 interest rate hikes and rental regulations, with total investment reaching €481 million in 2024 (10.8% above 2023 but 56% below the ten-year average) and only €10 million deployed in Q1 2025. Dublin apartment completions are projected to decline 40% from 2023 peaks and 17.8% from 2024 levels in 2025, falling far short of the estimated annual requirement of 19,600 to 36,400 units, though analysts expect modest recovery in 2026–2027 supported by government rental sector reforms announced in June 2025 and favorable economic fundamentals including 4% unemployment and a young population demographic.
JLL's H1 2025 review of Belgian commercial real estate reports approximately €1.6 billion in total transaction volume, with industrial real estate reaching €768 million (nearly half the total), office investment at €216 million (the lowest since 2012), and retail at €346 million, while industrial vacancy remains below 3% nationally but occupier demand has weakened across most segments. The document projects 2025 will become the most successful year ever for Belgian industrial real estate investment due to major transactions including the €300 million Weerts portfolio sale to Intervest, while office sector remains subdued despite strong rental rates in Brussels (€400/sq m/year) and office take-up concentrating 75% in Grade A buildings.
For the first quarter of 2026, the Île-de-France industrial real estate rental market recorded 186,000 m² of placed demand, down 28% year-over-year and 38% compared to the five-year average, with 205 lease signatures. Average rents stood at 121 €/m²/year (down from 126 €/m² a year prior), prime rents at 190 €/m², and new space rents at 140 €/m², while immediate supply remained abundant at 2 million m², up 7% annually, creating favorable market conditions for tenants with enhanced negotiating power.
The office investment market in Aix-Marseille recorded €78 million in volume during the first quarter of 2026, doubling the volume from the same period the previous year, though remaining 12% below the five-year average for first quarters. The prime office yield has remained stable at 6.00% since the end of 2023, consistent with other regional metropolitan areas such as Lille and Lyon.
Residential real estate investment in France totaled 703 million euros in the first quarter of 2026, representing a 20 percent decline from 882 million euros in the first quarter of 2025, driven by a significant reduction in transaction volume (43 versus 73 transactions) and the absence of portfolio investments. Foreign investors maintained a 22 percent market share in the quarter but were highly selective, focusing their investments exclusively on Paris and Hauts-de-Seine.
In the first quarter of 2026, 333,000 square meters of warehouses exceeding 5,000 square meters were exchanged in France, representing a 67 percent decline year-over-year, driven by widespread economic uncertainty stemming from geopolitical turbulence, macroeconomic concerns, and regulatory changes. Prime rents increased slightly year-over-year across most markets, reaching €89 per square meter annually in Île-de-France and €71 in Lyon, with 58 percent of trading volume occurring outside the Dorsale corridor, including 67,000 square meters in Centre-Val de Loire.
The first half of 2026 saw €3.1 billion invested in Île-de-France real estate, representing an 18% decline from the first half of 2025 (€3.7 billion) and 34% below the five-year average for similar periods. Prime yields remained stable at 4.00% for office and retail assets, while logistics and industrial properties saw a 10 basis point increase to 4.90% and 5.90% respectively, with the second quarter marking a modest recovery at €1.7 billion invested.
In the second quarter of 2026, 389,300 square meters of office space were marketed in Île-de-France, bringing placed demand to 750,000 square meters for the first half of the year, down 5 percent annually and 18 percent below the five-year average. Prime rents in the region showed resilience but were accompanied by elevated support measures, with the prime rent for the QCA reaching €1,240 per square meter annually, while available supply reached 6.57 million square meters at the end of Q2 2026, up 10 percent year-over-year.