Economic Sentiment Is Shifting, But the Cycle Isn’t Ending

Tina Lichens

Economic sentiment is shifting, but the long cycle still has no end in sight. A the 2019 National Investor Sentiment report from Real Capital Markets shows that investors believe the economy is shifting from a booming market to a plateauing market. While this means that the cycle will be prolonged, it also shows that investors are showing a heightened level of caution. Overall, the economy continues to be healthy and growing.

“Most real estate investors and related professionals agree that the U.S. economy remains strong on many different levels, but particularly when measured by corporate and job growth, unemployment declines and when compared to the rest of the world,” Tina Lichens, COO of Real Capital Markets, tells GlobeSt.com. “Many investors believe that the level of discipline during this cycle—whether that is at the developer or lender level—has added to the strength of the market. As a result, there generally has been very little overbuilding and/or over-leveraging to disrupt the balance of supply and demand.”