Similar US market themes dominate a new report produced jointly by Real Capital Analytics, Real Estate Research Corp (RERC), and Deloitte Advisory Services. Expectations & Market Realities 2011: Balancing Risk and Return in an Era of Uncertainty considers current and prospective market activity and investment trends in the US for 2011 and beyond. The report shows investors balancing the pressure of capital seeking safe harbor in commercial property with easing credit conditions that encourage increased competition, while sustained low Treasury rates are allowing investors to buy into lower yields. At the same time, internal pressures from accumulated distress and slowly improving economic conditions mixed with troubling debt levels at home and abroad have certainly weighed on acquisitions. With these factors at play, investors have continued to focus on core properties in major markets, but appear to be extending their reach as well, and transaction activity is widely expected to continue to rise.

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Data subject to future revision; based on properties & portfolios $2.5 mil and greater.
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