Emerging Trends In Real Estate - US & Canada 2020

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Notice to Readers

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® is a trends and forecast publication now in its 41st edition, and is one of the most highly regarded and widely read forecast reports in the real estate industry. Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2020, undertaken jointly by PwC and the Urban Land Institute, provides an outlook on real estate investment and devel- opment trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues throughout the United States and Canada.

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2020 reflects the views of individuals who completed surveys or were interviewed as a part of the research process for this report. The
views expressed herein, including all comments appearing in quotes, are obtained exclusively from these surveys and interviews and do not express the opinions of either PwC or ULI. Interviewees and survey participants represent a wide range of indus-

try experts, including investors, fund managers, developers, property companies, lenders, brokers, advisers, and consultants. ULI and PwC researchers personally inter- viewed 750 individuals, and survey responses were received from more than 1,500 individuals, whose company affiliations are broken down below:

  • Private property owner or commercial real estate developer: 27.6%

  • Real estate advisory or service firm: 23.6%

  • Homebuilder or residential land developer: 11.9%

  • Private equity real estate investor: 11.3%

  • Bank lender: 6.5%

  • Investment manager/adviser: 6.5%

  • Equity REIT or publicly listed real estate property company: 3.9%

  • Institutional equity investor: 1.8%

  • Private REIT or nontraded real estate property company: 1.7%

  • Institutional lender: 1.0%

  • Mortgage REIT: 0.9%

  • Real estate debt investor: 0.8%

  • Securitized lender: 0.7%

  • Other entity: 1.8%