According to a survey of 592 Main Street small business owners conducted by the Electronic
Transactions Association (ETA) in early 2016, the
average business owners in the survey
anticipate a 5x return for every dollar they borrow.
Given how 2016 played out, with significant drops in both the number of
transactions and sale prices, CREA
anticipates double - digit drop in
transactions (12.2 %) in 2017, which translates into an
average price drop of 7.8 % in 2017.