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.
“Real estate works best when long-term capital is aligned with specialist expertise and real human need. Our focus is on sectors that matter – homes, care and places that support people through every stage of life.”
Mike Toft, Co-Head of Real Estate Investment, Octopus Capital

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.

“Across the UK and Europe, we focus on living sectors that are often underserved and benefit from long-term, specialist investment. By combining local insight with patient capital, we aim to create high-quality homes and places that respond to real societal need.”
Cristina Perez Liz, Co-Head of Real Estate Investment, Octopus Capital

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

Productive private markets: how affordable housing can be a key pillar of UK growth

Octopus Capital Appoints Head of Real Assets and Co-Heads of Real Estate Investment

Octopus Capital provides £13.4 million loan to leading care home operator

Octopus Capital appoints Sarah Thomas as Non-Executive Director to NewArch Homes

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
