Capital magazine features Diego Bestard, CEO and co-founder of Urbanitae, on the cover of its March issue, with an interview in which he analyzes the current state of the real estate market and the role this asset can play in investment portfolios in a context of growing economic and geopolitical uncertainty.
Throughout the conversation, Bestard reviews the sector’s recent evolution and explains why real estate continues to be, for many investors, a source of stability compared with the volatility of other financial assets.
A stable investment asset
One of the central messages of the interview is the role real estate can play in an environment marked by geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in the financial markets. In this context, Bestard highlights that real estate continues to offer a combination especially valued by investors: tangible assets, structural demand, and medium-term visibility.
“The real estate sector brings peace of mind and certainty to investment portfolios,” says Urbanitae’s CEO in the interview. Compared with the volatility that financial markets may experience in the short term, real estate offers a different dynamic, more closely linked to fundamentals such as housing demand or demographic trends.
A market with strong fundamentals
During the conversation, Bestard also analyzes some of the factors shaping Spain’s residential market. Among them is the imbalance between housing supply and demand, which continues to be one of the sector’s major structural challenges.
The shortage of new supply in certain areas, together with growing demand in major urban areas and in certain international destinations, is helping maintain the strength of the real estate market.
More real estate investment alternatives
The interview also addresses how access to real estate investment has evolved in recent years. New financing formulas and digital platforms are enabling more and more investors to participate in projects that were previously reserved for large fortunes or institutional investors.
In this context, Urbanitae has established itself as one of Europe’s leading real estate co-investment platforms, channeling capital into development and promotion projects and bringing this type of investment closer to thousands of retail investors.
The full interview
The conversation with Diego Bestard is part of Capital’s March issue, focused on how to invest in times of uncertainty. It analyzes in greater detail the outlook for the real estate sector, the growing role of private investors, and the evolution of residential development financing.
You can read the full interview on Capital’s website.
