Prices and cap rates

Commercial property prices are roughly flat. Green Street's index fell 0.1% in September 2026 and is up 4.7% from a year earlier, and CBRE's first-half survey found the average cap rate essentially unchanged from late 2025.

Latest figures

Cap rates (CBRE survey)

Flat

All-property average essentially unchanged from H2 2025

Neighborhood retail compressed most, then hotel and industrial. About 60% of respondents expect no change over the next six months; infill multifamily is the most bearish subtype. CBRE’s sector tables are in its full report, which requires a sign-up.

As of H1 2026 (survey taken late June). CBRE, U.S. Cap Rate Survey H1 2026

Prices by sector

Sector price indexes from the big repeat-sales series (MSCI's RCA CPPI among them) are licensed to subscribers, and their terms don't allow republishing on a site like this one, so we don't show them. Green Street's all-property index above is from its public press release.

Where CBRE says cap rates are heading

CBRE's H1 2026 Cap Rate Survey, published August 12, 2026, is built from about 3,600 estimates by more than 200 of its capital markets and valuation professionals across more than 50 markets, collected in late June. From the survey:

The sector-by-sector cap rate tables are in CBRE's full report, which requires a sign-up, so they aren't reproduced here.

Cap rates implied by 2026 CMBS appraisals

CMBS term sheets filed with the SEC give each pool's weighted-average debt yield on underwritten net operating income and its weighted-average loan-to-value on appraised value. Multiply the two and the loan amount cancels out: NOI divided by value, which is a cap rate.

DealPoolNOI debt yieldLTVImplied cap rate
Benchmark 2026-V21
Filed Feb 25, 2026
$1.20bn, 41 loans12.5%59.6%7.45%
BMO 2026-C14
Term sheet dated Jan 16, 2026
$631.6m12.7%58.5%7.43%
Weighted averages multiplied together, so the result approximates the pool's average cap rate. Pools mix property types; appraisals are as-is values at origination.

Both pools come out at about 7.4%. Treat that as a dated, appraisal-based number: these deals priced in January and February 2026, when CBRE notes the 10-year briefly fell below 4%, and they cover only property good enough to finance in a conduit.

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