NEW DELHI: Office assets accounted for over 40% of total real estate investments in India in H1 2026, according to a report by Colliers. Across Asia Pacific, real estate investment activity reached $105 billion in H1 2026, the strongest first half since 2022.
Office assets continued to lead investment activity in the region, attracting $40.2 billion during the first half of 2026.
Retail assets attracted $26.7 billion, while industrial assets recorded $22.8 billion of investments. Data centres received $6.7 billion during the period.
Badal Yagnik, CEO & managing director of the company said, “In India, during H1 2026, the office segment drove capital deployment, accounting for over 40% of overall investments, primarily led by domestic investors.”
Since 2022, the office segment in India has received close to $14 billion of investments, accounting for 40-50% of total capital deployment each year, the report said.
Domestic investors were the primary drivers of India’s real estate investment market in H1 2026. Domestic capital deployment rose 80% year-on-year and accounted for about 57% of total inflows.
Foreign capital inflows into India rose 24% year-on-year and contributed about 43% of total real estate investments during the period.
In APAC, capital remained concentrated in liquid markets such as Australia, China, Japan and Singapore. China and Japan each attracted more than $25 billion in real estate investments during H1 2026, while Australia recorded $15.8 billion.
Singapore recorded $14.1 billion in transactions during the first half, exceeding its full-year 2025 total.
