RealtyTrac Real Estate Investor Survey 2013

Survey: Real Estate Investors Optimistic About 2013

January 25, 2013
By Daren Blomquist, RealtyTrac Vice President Text Size A A A

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RealtyTrac surveyed more than 100 real estate investors about their outlook for real estate investing in 2013 as well as their primary investing strategies in 2012.

We found that investors are optimistic about their local real estate market in 2013 by an overwhelming margin, with 87 percent having a mostly positive or extremely positive outlook.

The majority of investors surveyed, 63 percent, said they primarily or exclusively purchased properties in 2012 as buy-and-hold rentals, while the remaining 37 percent said they primarily or exclusively purchased properties to flip in 2012.