France Media 2017 Forecast Survey for Brokers

Welcome to Our Annual Forecast Survey

Dear Commercial Real Estate Broker,

France Media is conducting a brief online survey to gauge market conditions, and we welcome your participation. This survey should only take a few minutes to complete. Questions range from the outlook for investment sales in 2017 to interest rates.

We’re also sending separate surveys to finance professionals and owners/developers/managers. The results will be collated and published in the January issue of our regional magazines. Conducting these surveys is part of our mission at France Media to provide readers with indispensable information.

(Note: Please remember to click on "done" to properly submit the survey.)

Sincerely,

Matt Valley
Editorial Director, Real Estate Regionals
France Media, Inc.

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* 1. In which region of the country do you personally conduct most of your business? (*Answer required to allow France Media to place responses in appropriate regional publication.)

Southeast (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.)

Northeast (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont)

Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin)

Western U.S. (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming)

Texas and Oklahoma

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* 2. Which of the following best describes your company? (Please mark all that apply)

Global Brokerage Company

National Brokerage Company

Regional Brokerage Company

Local Brokerage Firm

Full-Service Real Estate Firm

Tenant Representation Firm

Landlord Representation Firm

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Check the box that best describes your job title:

President, Owner, Partner, Chairman of the Board, CEO

Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer

Real Estate Manager, Other Manager, including General Manager

Broker, Leasing Agent, Real Estate Agent

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Which property sector(s) do you specialize in? (Please mark all that apply)

Hotel

Industrial

Multifamily

Office

Retail

Mixed-use

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Do you expect your firm’s total transaction volume by dollar amount (leasing and investment sales combined) in 2017 to be higher, lower or the same as in 2016?

Higher

Lower

Approximately the same

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* 6. If you answered "higher" to the previous question, by how much?

Less than 5%

5% to 10%

11% to 15%

16% to 20%

More than 20%

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* 7. If you answered "lower" to the previous question, by how much?

Less than 5%

5% to 10%

11% to 15%

16% to 20%

More than 20%

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* 8. Generally speaking, which property sector(s) do you think will experience a high velocity of investment sales activity in 2017? (multiple answers allowed)

Hotel

Industrial

Multifamily

Office

Retail

Mixed-use

Other

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Generally speaking, which property sector(s) do you think will experience a low velocity of investment sales activity in 2017? (multiple answers allowed)

Hotel

Industrial

Multifamily

Office

Retail

Mixed-use

Other (please specify)

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* 10. In your view, which property sector(s) will experience the greatest increase in valuations over the next 12 months?

Hotel

Industrial

Multifamily

Office

Retail

Mixed-use

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Do you expect interest rates to increase, decrease or remain relatively unchanged during the next 12 months?

Increase

Decrease

Remain relatively unchanged

Uncertain

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* 12. What is your best guess as to where the 10-year Treasury yield will stand at the end of 2017?

4.0% or higher

3.75%

3.5%

3.25%

3.0%

2.75%

2.50%

2.25%

2.0%

1.75%

1.50% or less

Uncertain

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* 13. What do you see as the greatest opportunity and/or challenge for the commercial real estate industry in 2017? (Please type in your comments here and include your name, job title, company name, phone number and email address. You can also leave an anonymous comment.)

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* 14. Do you believe the outcome of the U.S. presidential election and Congressional races will have an impact on commercial real estate in 2017 and beyond?

Yes

Maybe

Uncertain

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* 15. If you answered yes to the previous question, please describe how the results of the election will impact commercial real estate. (Please type in your comments here and include your name, job title, company name, phone number and email address. You can also leave an anonymous comment.)

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* 16. Is there any pending (or recent) legislation that you believe might have a significant impact on commercial real estate in the coming year? (Please type in your comments here and include your name, job title, company name, phone number and email address. You can also leave an anonymous comment.)