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From Housing Zone:
Results of the 18th annual survey conducted among the members of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, show a dramatic increase in the number of respondents identifying the U.S. as the country providing the best opportunity for real estate capital appreciation. The survey was conducted by the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business.
The survey was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2009 among the association’s nearly 200 members. Survey respondents own more than $842 billion of real estate globally, including $304 billion in the U.S., and invest primarily in mulit-family residential and office real estate. In this year’s survey:
- 51% of respondents identify the U.S. as providing the best opportunity for capital appreciation. This compares to 37% in 2008, 26% in 2007, and 23% in 2006. The last time respondents’ perceptions for U.S. real estate were this strong was in 2003, when the percentage once again reached 51%.
- The U.K. emerges as the second-best country for capital appreciation, receiving 30% of respondents’ votes.
- In third place, China receives 10% of respondents’ votes.
- Two thirds of respondents plan to increase their investment in the U.S. in 2010 compared to 2009.
Among U.S. cities representing the best investment opportunities, survey respondents firmly select Washington, D.C. and New York, receiving much stronger scores than third-place San Francisco. This year, Boston makes a significant climb into fourth place, and Los Angeles falls one spot into fifth place.
Results of the 18th annual survey conducted among the members of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, show a dramatic increase in the number of respondents identifying the U.S. as the country providing the best opportunity for real estate capital appreciation. The survey was conducted by the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business.
The survey was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2009 among the association’s nearly 200 members. Survey respondents own more than $842 billion of real estate globally, including $304 billion in the U.S., and invest primarily in mulit-family residential and office real estate. In this year’s survey:
- 51% of respondents identify the U.S. as providing the best opportunity for capital appreciation. This compares to 37% in 2008, 26% in 2007, and 23% in 2006. The last time respondents’ perceptions for U.S. real estate were this strong was in 2003, when the percentage once again reached 51%.
- The U.K. emerges as the second-best country for capital appreciation, receiving 30% of respondents’ votes.
- In third place, China receives 10% of respondents’ votes.
- Two thirds of respondents plan to increase their investment in the U.S. in 2010 compared to 2009.
Among U.S. cities representing the best investment opportunities, survey respondents firmly select Washington, D.C. and New York, receiving much stronger scores than third-place San Francisco. This year, Boston makes a significant climb into fourth place, and Los Angeles falls one spot into fifth place.
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