SANTA ANA, CA—A new survey of title agents indicates that they are quite bullish on the current real estate market, expecting residential property prices to increase by 7.7% on average over the next year.

First American Financial Corporation, a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, has released its inaugural Future Transaction Index (FTI), which measures title agent sentiment on a variety of key market metrics and industry issues.

The measures include expectations for price changes across multiple property types, and expectations for changes in volume for purchase and refinance transactions.

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