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2014 CRE Lending Outlook Survey

Thanks for your interest in the 2014 Commercial Real Estate Lending Outlook Survey, which measured the level of confidence for growth and expansion among some of the most important participants in the supply line for delivery of business capital—mortgage professionals and CRE lenders. Please review the results below.

Rania Oteify
Rania Oteify, Editor

Charles Green
Charles H. Green

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1. Were you satisfied with the funded-loan dollar volume that you were involved with during 2013?

  • Yes
    29%
  • No
    57%
  • Don’t Know
    14%

Funded-loan dollar volume satisfaction

2. Were you satisfied with the number of funded clients that you were involved with during 2013?

  • Yes
    26%
  • No
    61%
  • Don’t Know
    13%

3. Were you satisfied with the ratio of funded loans as a percentage of loan applications that you were involved with during 2013 (loan/applicant ratio)?

  • Yes
    34%
  • No
    54%
  • Don’t Know
    12%

4. Do you expect to increase the funded-loan dollar volume that you will be involved with during 2014?

  • Yes
    82%
  • No
    11%
  • Don’t Know
    7%

Funded-loan dollar volume increase

5. Do you expect to increase the number of funded clients you will be involved with during 2014?

  • Yes
    81%
  • No
    11%
  • Don’t Know
    8%

6. Do you expect to increase the ratio of funded loans as a percentage of loan applications you will be involved with during 2014 (loan/applicant ratio)?

  • Yes
    64%
  • No
    23%
  • Don’t Know
    13%

7. Are you satisfied with the degree of property-value recovery achieved since 2009?

  • Yes
    51%
  • No
    41%
  • Don’t Know
    8%

8. Do you expect the U.S. economy to grow in 2014?

  • Yes
    64%
  • No
    27%
  • Don’t Know
    9%

9. Does your company plan to hire more people to facilitate CRE business loans in 2014?

  • Yes
    43%
  • No
    34%
  • Don’t Know
    23%

10. What do you expect will be the most significant barrier to funding CRE loans in 2014?
A. Restrictive lender credit policies – 38%
B. Depressed borrower demand for capital – 7%
C. Real estate appraised value – 13%
D. All of the above – 35%
E. None of the above – 7%

Most significant barrier to funding

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