• Investment activity recorded a positive 2011. Based on data from Real Capital Analytics, more than 13,000 major properties traded hands during 2011, totaling $205.8 billion in sales, representing a 51 percent increase from 2010.
  • The data analyzes properties priced at $2.5 million and above. Based on the 2012 Commercial Lending Survey, REALTORS® handle an even larger number of transactions of properties valued at less than $2.0 million.
  • The aggregate portfolio composition in this value spectrum is varied and representative of small business across the U.S.
  • Multifamily sales were the largest property type, accounting for almost 20 percent of the market, followed by land sales, comprising 13 percent of sales. Industrial warehouse sales rounded up the top three, with 12 percent of transactions.