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Real Estate Capital: Subscriber Survey 2020
1.
On a scale of 0 to 10,
How likely is it that you would recommend Real Estate Capital to a colleague?
0 for Not at all likely, 10 for Extremely likely
Not at all likely
Extremely likely
0
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2.
What best describes the type of company you work for?
Institutional investor
Debt fund manager
Law firm
Commercial bank
Investment bank
Fintech
Loan servicer
Insurance company RE lending business
Debt advisory
Borrower: private equity real estate company
Borrower: listed property company/developer
Borrower: private property company/developer
Other (please specify)
3.
What is the primary benefit that you receive from Real Estate Capital?
4.
How important are the following to your decision to subscribe to Real Estate Capital?
A little important
Very important
Essential
To find out about the latest lending deals
A little important
Very important
Essential
To learn what industry leaders are thinking and doing in their businesses
A little important
Very important
Essential
To read analysis of industry trends and market themes
A little important
Very important
Essential
Other (please specify)
5.
How well does Real Estate Capital deliver on these objectives?
Fair
Good
Excellent
To find out about the latest lending deals
Fair
Good
Excellent
To learn what industry leaders are thinking and doing in their businesses
Fair
Good
Excellent
To read analysis of industry trends and market themes
Fair
Good
Excellent
6.
Please rate the value to you of the following types of content:
Low
Medium
High
News on individual lending deals
Low
Medium
High
Data on the terms of these individual deals
Low
Medium
High
Insight on lender strategies
Low
Medium
High
Insight on borrower strategies
Low
Medium
High
Interviews with industry leaders
Low
Medium
High
Longer-form market trend analysis
Low
Medium
High
7.
How satisfied are you with the content provided by Real Estate Capital in the following areas?
Low
Medium
High
News on individual lending deals
Low
Medium
High
Data on the terms of these individual deals
Low
Medium
High
Insight on lender strategies
Low
Medium
High
Insight on borrower strategies
Low
Medium
High
Interviews with industry leaders
Low
Medium
High
Longer-form market trend analysis
Low
Medium
High
8.
How important is coverage of the following:
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
Banks
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
Non-bank lenders
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
Smaller-scale / challenger lenders
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
Borrowers
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
Real estate finance intermediaries
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
9.
How important to you is coverage of the following real estate lending markets?
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
UK
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
Continental Europe
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
North America
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
Asia
Irrelevant
Nice to have
Important
Essential
10.
How important do you find the following channels for engaging with content from Real Estate Capital?
Low
Medium
High
Email newsletters with links to the website
Low
Medium
High
Browsing the website
Low
Medium
High
Print magazine
Low
Medium
High
PDF reports
Low
Medium
High
Analysis in the body of an email
Low
Medium
High
Video
Low
Medium
High
Podcasts
Low
Medium
High
11.
How often do you read our "Weekly Letter", which provides analysis of a key market topic?
Always
Often
Sometimes
Never
12.
How would you rate our Weekly Letter?
1 star
2 stars
3 stars
4 stars
5 stars
13.
Which of the below most accurately describes how often you read the printed magazine, or the PDF version post-lockdown?
I read some of every issue
I read the magazine from time to time
I rarely read the magazine
I never read it
14.
With regards to the printed magazine, do you agree with the following statements
Disagree
Agree
I like having a printed magazine to read when I am not online
Disagree
Agree
I prefer reading hard copy versus online
Disagree
Agree
The printed magazine includes stories not available online
Disagree
Agree
A PDF version of the magazine would work fine for me
Disagree
Agree
I get all the value I need from emails and the website; the magazine is irrelevant
Disagree
Agree
15.
How important to you is Real Estate Capital's CRE lending database?
Very important
Important
Not very important
I have never seen it before
16.
If you use the CRE lending database, to what extent do you agree with the following statements:
Disagree
Agree
It is easy to use
Disagree
Agree
It includes information I cannot find anywhere else
Disagree
Agree
I would like to submit my own data to be included
Disagree
Agree
It should have more data on the terms of lending deals
Disagree
Agree
17.
What has been your experience logging into the Real Estate Capital website?
It works fine
I sometimes have difficulties
I often have difficulties
18.
How would you assess the email service delivered by Real Estate Capital?
I get too many emails
I get about the right amount of emails
I get too few emails
Other (please specify)
19.
How can we improve Real Estate Capital to better meet your needs?
20.
Which other information services do you subscribe that relate to real estate lending?
Costar
PropertyEU
DebtWire
Property Week
React News
Bisnow
Estates Gazette
REFI Europe
Other (please specify)
21.
Which of these products do you view as the main alternative to Real Estate Capital?
22.
What topics would like us to write about more?
23.
To improve the service and better serve loyal subscribers like yourself, we're building a Real Estate Capital Insights Community; a private group of subscribers who will have their say on how we develop the service in the future. Would you like to take part?
Yes
No