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Cross-border investors turn net buyers of APAC property

Offshore capital deployed $53.5 billion, 35.7% of acquisitions, while office drew $59.1 billion, 35% of the total.

$53.5BCross-border APAC property purchases, nine months

At a glance

  1. Offshore buyers moved from $4.1 billion of net selling in 2025 to $2.9 billion of net buying across the first nine months of 2026.
  2. For allocators, the office weighting and the return of cross-border buyers make mandate fit the first diligence question: whether an allocation matches the sectors offshore capital is targeting.
  3. Office remained the region's largest sector at $59.1 billion, 35% of the total and up 8% year over year.

Cross-border investors became net buyers of Asia Pacific property in the first nine months of 2026, part of $167 billion of regional investment that ran 13% ahead of last year, Colliers reported.

Offshore buyers moved from $4.1 billion of net selling in 2025 to $2.9 billion of net buying across the first nine months of 2026. They deployed $53.5 billion, 35.7% of acquisitions, already matching their full-year 2025 total.

For allocators, the office weighting and the return of cross-border buyers make mandate fit the first diligence question: whether an allocation matches the sectors offshore capital is targeting.

Office remained the region's largest sector at $59.1 billion, 35% of the total and up 8% year over year. Third-quarter volume fell 18.8% year over year to $51 billion.

As Private Wealth Daily previously reported, Colliers data put first-half CRE commitments at $92.6 billion, down 38% to a nine-year low.

Offshore buyers swung to $2.9B of net buying

APAC property investment, first nine months of 2026, change vs year earlier

Total investment$167B+13%
Cross-border buying$53.5B
Net cross-border flow+$2.9B
Third-quarter volume$51B−18.8%
Source: Colliers data via IREI

Reported by the Fundraising desk from IREI and Colliers. Published . Corrections

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