CRE Price Appreciation Likely to Maintain Slow Pace in 2026

The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index decreased 0.1% in December 2025. Over the past 12 months, the all-property index has increased 2.3% while remaining down 15.9% from the 2022 peak.

“Property prices increased 2% last year, and that’s about where I’d set the line for ’26,” said Peter Rothemund, co-head of strategic research at Newport Beach, CA-based Green Street. “Real estate is fairly valued versus corporate bonds, so unless medium-to-long-term interest rates move downward, it’s unlikely we’ll see much price appreciation this year.”

Driving the monthly decline in December was pricing for healthcare properties, with all other sectors remaining flat. However, healthcare pricing has posted some of the strongest annual gains among property sectors, along with data centers and strip retail. At the other end of the spectrum, prices for apartment, hotel, mall and net lease properties have remained flat compared to December 2024, according to Green Street.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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