Key findings from the real estate sector include:
- 64 percent say revenues are higher than a year ago, 28 percent report flat revenues, and 75 percent say they expect revenue to be higher a year from now
- Half of respondents say improving real estate fundamentals will be the biggest growth driver over the next one to three years
- 59 percent of executives believe the U.S. economy will improve over the next year, but 57 percent believe the overall U.S. recovery will not take hold until 2013 or later
- 58 percent say their current access to debt financing is better than a year ago, and half say the current cost of debt financing is about the same as a year ago
- 75 percent say distressed real estate will have an impact on their investment strategies over the next year