The real estate world unofficially convened at the 9th Annual Real Estate Capital Markets Conference hosted by Goodwin Procter and Columbia Business School.

The speakers and guests, which included real estate fund managers, investment bankers, public REIT executives and academics, were in turns both bullish and bearish on the near-term future of U.S. real estate. We are pleased to present this “top 10” list of the primary factors cited at the conference as likely to influence the value of U.S. real estate in the near term...