Latest update·August 2026
Data through Q2’26
Strongest H1 start since 2022
+18.3% vs. 2024
Brief but informative detail and commentary on sale leaseback transaction volume, cap rates, and market conditions.
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“$4.6 billion: Sale leaseback volume in the second quarter, bringing these transactions to their strongest half-year start since 2022, according to SLB Capital Advisors.”
“The demand for sale leasebacks is far outpacing the supply, a theme over the last two years that is continuing. Because of the increased demand from investors looking for sale leasebacks and net lease deals, they're keeping cap rates lower and taking less spread today than they have historically.”
September 14, 2026
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August 18, 2026
“The sale leaseback structure enables the business to unlock the full value of its real estate — converting an illiquid, low-yield asset into cash — while maintaining operational control of the facility.”
“Real estate can play a meaningful role in a private equity buyout. When an M&A target owns some or all of its operational real estate, in many cases, those properties can be monetized with the capital reallocated through a sale leaseback to fund a portion of the acquisition.”
March 30, 2026
What Is a Sale Leaseback? A sale leaseback (or “SLB”) is a financial transaction in which a company sells its.
March 30, 2026
SLB Capital Advisors' Sale Leaseback Market Update.
March 26, 2026
Sale leaseback transactions occupy a unique position at the intersection of real estate and corporate finance. While the transaction involves.
August 27, 2026
The sale leaseback market's early-year momentum carried into the second quarter, even as broader M&A activity cooled from its record first-quarter pace.
May 26, 2026
The lag effect between elevated M&A activity and subsequent sale leaseback demand, a thesis the firm has advanced over recent quarters, found support in the first quarter of 2026, even as clear headwinds emerged.
March 16, 2026
The latest sale leaseback market update, compiled and published by SLB Capital Advisors, showed momentum in the sale leaseback market on the back of returning M&A activity.
SLB Capital Advisors will host a live sale leaseback market overview on Thursday, September 3, 2026 covering activity through Q2'25. The session will cover Q2'26 sale leaseback activity and the key themes shaping the year ahead.
Join SLB Capital Advisors on Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 1pm ET (10am PT) for a 30-minute briefing and open Q&A on how to evaluate, structure, and maximize the value of a sale leaseback. For companies that own the real estate in which they operate, the sale leaseback is one of the most versatile and underutilized tools in corporate finance, and represents capital available at an attractive cost relative to other forms of financing. In this session, we will walk through how these transactions are evaluated and executed, how companies put sale leaseback proceeds to work (acquisitions, debt reduction, growth capital, and shareholder returns), and how to assess inbound direct offers from buyers. Case studies drawn from deals across asset types and ownership stages will be included.
SLB Capital Advisors will host a live sale leaseback market overview on Friday, May 29, 2026 covering activity through Q1'25. The session will cover Q1'26 sale leaseback activity and the key themes shaping the year ahead.
