German family offices are looking to increase the proportion of their investments held in residential property to around 40% by 2025, says a new report by Catella Research. Investor focus is steadily shifting from offices to higher-risk sectors such as hotels and social properties, micro apartments and student housing.
Global investment activity by family offices has increased significantly over the last 10 years, says Catella. The proportion of their total investments currently held in real estate assets is around 34% but they wish to bring that up to 42% by 2025. The survey examined 81 family offices via conversations and data bases and gathered detailed information from 16%. 46 of the investors in the survey are focussing on properties in the Core plus segment. 23% are looking to invest in Value-add properties. None of the respondents said that they would be increasing their Core holdings in the period up to 2021. This indicates a tendency towards a higher risk profile going forward.
