The survey, of 2,000 investors world-wide withinvestible assets of more than 0,000, showed that 75% ofrespondents felt residential real estate looks attractive from aninvestment perspective. Of course, that doesn't mean they arebuying: 60% said tight credit was preventing them from taking theplunge.

　　对可投资资产超过80万美元的全球2,000名投资者进行的调查显示，75%的受访者感觉住宅房地产从投资角度看具有吸引力。当然，这并不意味着他们正在买进：60%的受访者说，信贷紧缩让他们无法冒险入市。

　　About half ofthe respondents expect an increase in the value of theirreal-estate investments over the next two years. Almost 40% ofthose with assets of million or more have greater than 50% of theirportfolio in real estate （so much for lessons learned）。

　　约一半的受访者预计，他们的房地产投资的价值未来两年会升值。在资产超过5,000万美元的受访者中，投资组合中房地产所占比例超过一半的受访者约有40%（人也就长这么点记性）。

　　Perhaps themost interesting part of the survey relates to gender. Almost half（49%） of the women surveyed consider real estate to be a less riskyinvestment than stocks, compared with 37% of men.

　　调查中最有趣的部分也许与性别有关。近一半（49%）的女性受访者认为房地产的投资风险小于股票，而持这个观点的男性比例为37%.

　　Women also aremore likely to enjoy investing in real estate than men: 44% ofwomen surveyed find buying property more enjoyable than investingin other asset classes. Only 28% of men feel the same way. While34% of men are likely to invest in real estate indirectly through afund, only 14% of women would prefer this approach.

　　女性也可能比男性更喜欢投资房地产：44%的受访女性认为投资房地产比投资其它资产更有乐趣。只有28%的男性有同样的感觉。尽管有34%的男性可能通过基金间接投资房地产，但有14%的女性愿意这样做。

　　I'm going to avoidstereotyping and put the question to readers: Why do you think thatwomen like real estate more then men?

　　我要避免用老眼光看人的做法，问问读者这个问题：女性为什么比男性更青睐房地产？