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Based on the response to our latest poll, it looks like private equity real estate is still a major player in today’s commercial real estate market. Thanks to everyone who clicked!

See our previous polls here.

Three years ago, Llenrock’s Andy Macalaster shared a ranking of the 10 Largest Private Equity Investors focused on real estate. This was in early 2010, when the commercial real estate market was taking its first tentative steps toward recovery. A lot has changed since then, so I thought it would be interesting to revisit this topic and see how our previous ranking compares to 2012′s. Based upon each company’s fundraising total in 2012, here are the Top 10 Private Equity Real Estate Firms of 2012:

10. LaSalle Investment Management (Capital raised: $5.86 billion. Last year’s rank: #7)

9. Westbrook Partners ($6.03 billion. Last year: #11)

8. Beacon Capital Partners ($6.58 billion. Last year: #6)

7. Lone Star Funds ($7.9 billion. Last year: #10)

6. The Carlyle Group ($9.64 billion. Last year: #8)

5. Colony Capital ($11.65 billion. Last year: #4) Read the rest of this entry »

From an article published by BusinessInsider.com, and based upon data from the Case-Shiller Index, here’s a ranking of the Top 10 Housing Markets for the Next 5 Years:

(Note: this ranking is based on projected annual price changes between Q2 2012 and Q2 2017.)

10. Tucson, AZ (estimated 5-year growth: 7.9%)

9. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS (8.0%)

8. Napa, CA (8.0%)

7. Ocala, FL (8.0%)

6. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA (8.4%)

5. Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL (8.7%)

4. Madera-Chowchilla, CA (8.8%) Read the rest of this entry »