Real Estate Deal Activity Falls in First Half; Recovery Possible by Q4: PwC

The total value and volume of real estate deals across all property sectors declined in the first half of the year compared to the previous six months, but activity is expected to recover by the fourth quarter, according to Tim Bodner, partner and U.S. real estate deals leader at PwC.PwC recently released its mid-year review of real estate deal activity that showed almost a 50% decline in deal value and volume in the first half of 2020 compared with the second half of 2019.While the declines occurred across the board, Bodner noted that on a six-month basis, logistics was the only sector that experienced a year-over-year increase. In the first half of 2020, about $42 billion of logistics activity occurred versus $34 billion in the first half of 2019, he noted.