Prudential Real Estate Outlook Survey: Americans Are Increasingly Confident About Homeownership, Real Estate Market Recovery

RISMEDIA, July 16, 2012– Prudential Georgia Realty presents findings of its parent company, Brookfield Real Estate and Relocation Affiliates Inc., owner of the Prudential Real Estate franchise network. The company recently released the quarterly Prudential Real Estate Outlook Survey showing that Americans’ confidence in homeownership and real estate continues climbing from the first quarter and a year earlier. In all areas covered by FMLS in Georgia year to date, the number of homes sold has increased 4.7% over the same quarter period a year ago according to TrendGraphix.

Dan Forsman, President and CEO of Prudential Georgia Realty, agrees: “The American Dream is clearly on the mend. Americans are feeling better about homeownership and the ongoing recovery taking place in residential real estate. Many are increasingly optimistic about their personal circumstances and, with housing affordability near an all-time high, they want to act on the opportunity.”

According to the national survey:

69% believe that real estate is a good investment despite the market volatility of the past few years, up 6% from the first-quarter 2012 survey and 17 percentage points from first quarter 2011.
72% expressed confidence that the real estate market and property values will improve during the next two years, including a 6-point jump among those “very confident” or “confident” vs. the first quarter 2012, and a 14-point gain in this subset over first quarter 2011.
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of respondents have a favorable perception of the U.S. housing market, up from 60% in the first-quarter survey and 52% in first-quarter 2011).

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Prudential Real Estate Outlook Survey Methodology

Interviews with 1,250 Americans who are “in the market” to buy or sell a home were conducted online by Palisades Media Ventures and Penn Schoen Berland, between May 22 and June 1, 2012. Respondents are aged 25-64 with a household income of at least $50,000, and either recently bought/sold a home or are considering buying/selling a home. The margin of error is ± 2.8% for all respondents and higher for subgroups.

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