Real estate markets across the region have experienced a tipping point over the past 6 months and most are now in the downturn stage of their cycle. We believe that an improvement in investor sentiment or confidence will be one of the leading indicators of how long the current downturn will last and when markets will move through their trough and begin to recover.

 

Our second Investor Sentiment Survey, which was undertaken in association with Cityscape Intelligence in March 2009, provides us with a valuable and timely benchmark of investor confidence. It includes the opinions of more than 200 of the region’s leading high net-worth individuals, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds and developers.