Is Your Real Estate Strategy Ready for 2025?

As we approach 2025, the real estate landscape is set to be reshaped by economic growth, evolving market dynamics, and changing investor priorities. According to CBRE, the U.S. economy is poised for a 2-2.5% GDP growth, with steady unemployment rates and persistent inflation likely keeping interest rates elevated. These conditions will drive increased confidence in the market, fueling up to a 10% rise in commercial real estate investment volumes. Additionally, sectors like multifamily housing and industrial logistics are expected to flourish, with rising rents, declining vacancies, and heightened demand for strategically located properties.

Thriving in this evolving environment demands more than speculation—it requires precise, data-driven insights. That’s where Hubexo’s advanced geospatial analytics becomes necessary. By providing who is building what, when, and where, Hubexo enables developers and investors to identify emerging markets, maximize high-growth opportunities, and strategically position themselves for success. Whether it’s capitalizing on the growing need for data centers amid the AI boom or navigating new trade policies boosting industrial demand near the U.S.-Mexico border, Hubexo equips you with the tools to make 2025 your most profitable year yet.

Book a demo today to explore how Hubexo can streamline your real estate strategy.

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Why Early-Stage Insights Matter

Anticipating development trends can significantly transform your investment strategy. Being informed about emerging single-family communities, retail centers, or infrastructure initiatives ahead of your competitors enables you to:

  • Strategically plan for future investments.
  • Spot untapped markets with substantial growth opportunities.
  • Gain a competitive edge by securing prime locations first.

With Hubexo’s comprehensive data, you will gain unparalleled insight into upcoming developments across various sectors—equipping you to make more informed and timely decisions.

How Hubexo Products Can Elevate Your Strategy

Single-Family Permit Data

The housing market remains a cornerstone of real estate success, poised for nuanced shifts in 2025. As buyers adjust to elevated home prices and mortgage rates hovering between 6% and 7%, the demand for newly built homes is expected to rise, driven by builders offering mortgage rate buy-downs to offset limited existing home inventory.

Hubexo’s Single-Family Permit data equips you with a forward-looking view of upcoming single-family projects, pinpointing emerging residential hotspots. With the potential for policy changes affecting real estate commissions and MLS listings on the horizon, staying ahead with data-driven insights is key to capitalizing on these evolving market dynamics.

Benefits:

  • Forecast the locations where new neighborhoods are set to flourish.
  • Strategically place retail or service ventures in regions experiencing increased housing demand.
  • Customize your investments to target markets with significant single-family permit activity.

Infrastructure+

Infrastructure investments are poised to redefine the real estate landscape in 2025. With the average age of government fixed assets like highways and power facilities nearing 30 years, the global need for upgrades is critical, leaving an estimated $88 trillion funding gap by 2040, according to Apollo’s chief economist, Torsten Sløk. At the same time, unprecedented policy support like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, which allocated $1.2 trillion for infrastructure projects, has set the stage for what Sløk calls an “industrial renaissance.”

For real estate investors, these upgrades are catalysts for growth. The U.S. must more than double its power grid capacity by 2030, fueled by demand for energy-intensive facilities like data centers, which now outpace existing electricity supply.

Hubexo’s Infrastructure+ equips investors with the tools to track early-stage infrastructure projects, helping you anticipate these changes. By aligning your real estate strategy with infrastructure developments.

Benefits:

  • Spot areas ready for growth thanks to enhanced accessibility.
  • Make informed investments close to transportation centers or infrastructure enhancements.
  • Seize opportunities arising from significant public works endeavors.

Energy & Mining Developments (GEM)

As we move into 2025, renewable energy is reshaping the landscape for real estate and infrastructure investments, with solar energy, offshore wind, and energy storage leading the charge. Solar power is expected to meet nearly half of global electricity demand growth, with the U.S. poised to surpass coal as a primary electricity source. Offshore wind projects are expanding rapidly, fueled by advancements in turbine technology and ambitious goals like the Biden administration’s target of 30 GW by 2030. Meanwhile, energy storage is revolutionizing grid reliability, enabling businesses and utilities to balance renewable energy fluctuations.

Hubexo’s Energy & Mining data empowers real estate professionals to capitalize on these trends by identifying prime locations near renewable energy stations, ensuring data-driven decisions in this market. Ready to align your strategy with the future? Book a demo today!

Benefits:

  • Discover opportunities in proximity to energy and mining initiatives that stimulate local economies.
  • Utilize data to strategically plan retail, residential, or commercial developments adjacent to these economic catalysts.
  • Keep informed about emerging trends in renewable energy and resource extraction.

Book a demo today to explore how Hubexo can streamline your real estate strategy.

Planned Retail

Retail development is poised for steady growth in 2025, with approximately 50 million square feet of new shopping center space expected to be added in the U.S., according to Colliers. While this is an increase from 35 million in 2023, it remains below the historical average of 61 million square feet annually between 2008 and 2020. Developers face significant challenges, including construction costs that remain 30–40% above pre-pandemic levels and rising labor and material expenses, which continue to erode profit margins. Even in markets with strong demand, these hurdles often make new projects difficult to justify.

Despite these challenges, retail occupancy rates have reached a decade-high of 95.6%, underscoring the resilience of retail spaces, particularly in the single-tenant net lease market.

Hubexo’s Planned Retail data equips you with the tools to navigate this complex landscape. From identifying prime sites for shopping centers and mixed-use projects to anticipating growth areas, our insights help you stay ahead of market pressures and find opportunities before your competitors.

Benefits:

  • Identify emerging retail hotspots and seize prime leasing opportunities.
  • Gain insights into retail density and market growth trends.
  • Collaborate with developers from the outset of the planning phase.

Planned Residential

With mortgage rates improving and inventory levels showing signs of growth. As the average 30-year mortgage rate dipped from 8% in late 2023 to 6.84% by December 2024, experts predict rates will continue to decline gradually, unlocking pent-up housing demand. However, challenges like rising home prices and slowing construction persist, and the political landscape could significantly impact the market. For instance, a Republican-led government may ease regulations, boosting builder confidence and potentially spurring new construction projects.

In such a dynamic environment, staying ahead means leveraging robust data insights. Hubexo’s Planned Residential data empowers developers to spot emerging opportunities in growing neighborhoods—whether in multi-family apartments or mixed-use residential projects. With geospatial tools to analyze market trends and understand housing demand, Hubexo ensures your strategy is equipped for success in 2025’s real estate landscape.

Benefits:

  • Identify residential projects that match your investment objectives.
  • Stay informed on urban growth patterns.
  • Forge collaborations with developers of in-demand properties.

Planned Daytime Business

Daytime business developments, such as office parks and commercial centers, play a crucial role in driving local economies, generating substantial foot traffic, and increasing demand for nearby services. According to NEXT Insurance, nearly 73% of U.S. small business owners are optimistic about their economic viability heading into 2025, highlighting opportunities for growth even amidst challenges like rising costs and shifting consumer trends.

Hubexo’s Planned Daytime Business data provides real estate professionals with the insights needed to capitalize on these opportunities.

Benefits:

  • Spot emerging work hubs that will draw daytime visitors.
  • Strategically plan supporting services such as restaurants, shops, and fitness facilities.
  • Forecast the demand for residential properties in the vicinity.

Planned Hotel

The hospitality industry is seeing massive growth, with the global market expected to grow from $4,673.63 billion in 2023 to $4,993.71 billion in 2024—a steady 6.8% CAGR (The Business Research Company). This growth is fueled by rising international tourism, increased “bleisure” (business + leisure) travel, and demand recovery in regions like the Middle East and Europe. Simultaneously, trends such as sustainability initiatives, tech integration, and property conversions are reshaping how hotels operate and adapt to evolving guest expectations.

Hubexo’s Planned Hotel data provides a crucial edge by offering insights into upcoming hotels and resorts before construction even begins.

Benefits:

  • Identify strategic locations adjacent to planned hotels for additional service opportunities.
  • Examine hospitality trends to pinpoint areas with significant tourism growth.
  • Keep updated on hotel projects that influence local economic landscapes.

Planned Medical

The healthcare sector is rapidly emerging as a cornerstone of the real estate market, fueled by demographic shifts and evolving consumer demands. By 2030, seniors aged 65+ will comprise 20% of the U.S. population, driving a projected 31% increase in outpatient healthcare spending to nearly $2 trillion. This aging population, combined with preferences for conveniently located care, has tightened the market for medical office buildings (MOBs), with vacancy rates falling and asking rents climbing in 2024.

Additionally, healthcare systems are driving leasing trends, accounting for 31% of all healthcare-related leasing activity since 2019, with a focus on spaces designed for direct patient care. Investment in MOBs reflects this growing demand, with a 38% year-over-year increase in volume reaching $2.5 billion in Q2 2024, and cap rates declining for the first time since 2022. (Healthcare Real Estate Insights)

Hubexo’s Planned Medical data empowers investors and developers to stay ahead of these trends by providing detailed insights into hospital expansions, clinic openings, and senior living projects, ensuring your real estate strategy is ready for 2025 and the years ahead.

Benefits:

  • Pinpoint regions experiencing an increased need for healthcare services.
  • Strategically plan investments in adjacent retail, residential, or service-oriented properties.
  • Engage with healthcare providers and developers at the initial stages.

Actionable Steps to Prepare for 2025

To ensure your real estate strategy is ready for 2025, follow these steps:

  1. Use Hubexo’s suite of products to track planned developments and analyze market trends.
  2. Use early-stage insights to secure opportunities before others do.
  3. Identify high-growth regions with retail, residential, and commercial activity.
  4. Reach out to your Hubexo representative to explore how our tools can enhance your strategy.

Ready to elevate your strategy?
Book a demo today to explore how Hubexo can streamline your real estate strategy.