🛢️ How Oil Prices Shape Houston’s CRE Market | Investor Outlook for 2026 🔍

Bill Rapp, CRE Broker

Published on: 12/12/2025

How Oil Prices Shape Houston’s CRE Market: What Investors Should Expect in 2026 Houston’s commercial real estate market has always been tied—directly and indirectly—to the global energy economy. Even with ongoing diversification into healthcare, tech, manufacturing, and logistics, oil price volatility still influences CRE demand, absorption, development trends, capital flows, and investor sentiment. For developers, investors, and business owners operating in the Houston metropolitan area, understanding the energy cycle isn’t optional—it’s strategic.