HOMA at the 34th Rapallo Real Estate Scenarios Forum

We participated in the 34th Forum of Real Estate Scenarios, the reference event for the Italian real estate sector. Among the topics at the center of the discussion: the growth of the market and the increasingly central role of student housing.

In Rapallo, Scenari Immobiliari opened the Forum by presenting the European Outlook 2027, of which we report the most important data: the European real estate market is expected to have a turnover of 1,360 billion euros in 2027, with Italy among the fastest growing countries in Europe, second only to Spain. Italian real estate sales are expected to rise from 162.7 billion in 2025 to 194.1 billion in 2027, while residential sales are expected to return to 840 thousand, after the 2023 low.

One figure in particular confirms a trend that we observe closely every day: in the first half of 2026, real estate investments in Italy exceeded seven billion euros, a new record, with an annual growth of more than 30%. Among the sectors indicated as most promising by the Forum is living, the category that also includes student housing, the sector in which we mainly operate at HOMA.

This is not an isolated case: in recent years, student housing has changed from a niche to a real asset class, capable of attracting institutional capital just as the demand for off-site student housing continues to exceed the supply available in the main Italian university cities.

Being at the Forum, among investors, operators and analysts who redesign the future of Italian real estate, confirms that the work we do every day to offer students quality homes at regulated prices is part of a larger change, and gives us new ideas to continue to do it better and better.

Thanks to Real Estate Scenarios for Hospitality, for the data shared in this edition and for networking opportunities with other players and stakeholders in the sector.

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