Investors losing confidence in real estate
Investor optimism hit an annual low in August, and has steadily declined since January, according to the latest UBS/Gallup index, released today.
The Index of Investor Optimism dropped two points since July to 53 in August, and has fallen 40 points since January. The index is based on a monthly survey and had a baseline score of 124 when it was established in October 1996.
"One key issue of growing concern to investors is the residential real estate market," UBS announced today. About 44 percent of respondents rate conditions in the real estate market as "only fair," and 12 percent rated real estate conditions as "poor," up from a combined 46 percent who rated the market as "only fair" or "poor" in June and July.
About 70 percent of investors believe that conditions in the real estate market are getting worse, up from 63 percent in June, the survey also found. Investor sentiment toward investing in real estate assets nationwide has also fallen. In August, 50 percent of investors said that now is a good time to invest in real estate related assets nationwide, down from 55 percent in June.
(Source: Inman News)
Do you follow the crowd? When would you say is the best time to buy an investment, when everybody thinks the price will keep going up? Or, is it better when everybody thinks the price will be going down? True investors know that you buy low and sell high. When the crowd says it's time to exit real estate, that's when true investors enter the market.
The Index of Investor Optimism dropped two points since July to 53 in August, and has fallen 40 points since January. The index is based on a monthly survey and had a baseline score of 124 when it was established in October 1996.
"One key issue of growing concern to investors is the residential real estate market," UBS announced today. About 44 percent of respondents rate conditions in the real estate market as "only fair," and 12 percent rated real estate conditions as "poor," up from a combined 46 percent who rated the market as "only fair" or "poor" in June and July.
About 70 percent of investors believe that conditions in the real estate market are getting worse, up from 63 percent in June, the survey also found. Investor sentiment toward investing in real estate assets nationwide has also fallen. In August, 50 percent of investors said that now is a good time to invest in real estate related assets nationwide, down from 55 percent in June.
(Source: Inman News)
Do you follow the crowd? When would you say is the best time to buy an investment, when everybody thinks the price will keep going up? Or, is it better when everybody thinks the price will be going down? True investors know that you buy low and sell high. When the crowd says it's time to exit real estate, that's when true investors enter the market.
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