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2013 Southeast Real Estate Business Lender Forecast

SREB Lender Survey

Dear Commercial Real Estate Lender or Financial Intermediary,

Southeast Real Estate Business is conducting a brief online survey to gauge market conditions throughout the region, and we need your help. This survey should only take a few minutes to complete. Questions range from property sectors that your firm is most bullish on heading into 2013 to trends in deal volume to the outlook for interest rates.

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

Sincerely,

Matt Valley
Editorial Director
Southeast Real Estate Business
1.Which of the following best describes your company? (Please mark all that apply)
2.Check the box that best describes your job title:
3.Do you expect the total dollar amount of commercial and multifamily loans closed by your firm in the Southeast in 2013 to increase, decrease, or remain the same?
4.If increase, by how much?
5.If decrease, by how much?
6.To what extent will each of the following factors affect the debt financing market for commercial real estate during the next 12 months? (1=No Impact, 5=Strong Impact)
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Fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
State of the housing market
Health of U.S. economy
State of CMBS market
Financial regulation reform (Dodd-Frank)
Valuations for commercial real estate
Volume of distressed real estate
Creditworthiness of tenants
Cost of capital
Loan-to-value ratios
Debt-service coverage ratios
Re-election of President Barack Obama
7.What property categories do you believe provide the most attractive investment opportunities for lenders in the Southeast today? (Multiple answers permitted)
8.What property categories do you believe provide the least attractive investment opportunities for lenders in the Southeast today? (Multiple answers permitted)
9.What is your projection for total domestic CMBS issuance in 2013?
10.In percentage terms, please forecast the concentration of lending activity at your firm in the Southeast in 2013? (Percentages must add up to 100%)
11.Do you expect interest rates to increase, decrease or remain relatively unchanged during the next 12 months?
12.What is your best guess as to where the 10-year Treasury yield will stand at the end of 2013?
13.Do you have any comments that you want to share on the record regarding the state of the commercial real estate lending climate? If so, please type in your comments here and include your name, job title, company name, phone number and e-mail address. You can also leave an anonymous comment.