Real estate
Funding the entire real estate lifecycle
Reimagining real estate
We’re committed to unlocking capital that solves the world’s greatest challenges – from spotting opportunities to bring institutional investment into emerging and underserved sectors, to our relentless focus on the needs of the people living in the buildings we finance and manage.
With extensive experience investing across the living and healthcare sectors, our specialist teams and strategies focus on affordable housing, elderly care and retirement living. We’re also a leading non-bank lender, with debt strategies that provide finance for the development and repositioning of residential and commercial assets.
Our highly dedicated real estate team of more than 90 professionals is trusted to manage £3.3 billion on behalf of our investors.
Our real estate strategies
We have extensive experience investing across the living and healthcare sectors, with specialist teams and strategies focussed on affordable housing, elderly care and retirement living.

Affordable housing
Delivering genuinely affordable and sustainable homes.

Care homes
Providing care homes that are fit for the future.

Retirement living
Empowering people to live better for longer.

Natural capital
Conservation and stewards of land to help solve the climate crisis.
Looking for real estate finance?
We’re also a leading non-bank lender, providing finance to support the development, refurbishment and repositioning of residential and commercial properties.

“At Octopus Capital, we focus on sectors which are underserved, require long-term investment and sometimes a fresh approach – areas where societal need meets innovative solutions.”
Ed Clough, Head of Real Estate at Octopus Capital

News & insights
Explore our recent real estate stories – from care homes and affordable housing to natural capital.

Reputational risk in care home investments: perception vs. reality

‘The Future of Living’: What we learnt

Octopus Capital completes £6.9m loan to leading sustainable housebuilder Verto for ‘Zero Bills’ development

Octopus and Homes England launch £150m Greener Homes Alliance 2

Octopus completes transfer of 44 affordable homes in Pinhoe, Exeter

Investing in affordable homes for the long-term

Octopus strengthens investment team in Spain

Octopus and PIC team up with Elysian Residences to deliver best-in-class retirement village in Henley-on-Thames
