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Key Takeaways For Q4 2018
- Fund from Operations (FFO) totaled $15.9 billion, a 3.2 percent decrease from the third quarter of 2018. FFO was 7.4 percent higher than one year earlier, however, as robust increases in Q1 and Q2 outweighed declines in Q3 and Q4.
- Net Operating Income totaled $24.6 billion, 1.2 percent higher sequentially and 3.7 percent above the fourth quarter of 2017.
- Dividends paid by Equity and Mortgage REITs totaled $13.9 billion, a 1.6 percent decrease from the prior quarter, and marginally above the fourth quarter of 2017. A merger transaction prompted a shift forward of dividend payments that would normally have taken place in Q4 into Q3. Had this shift not occurred, total dividend payments in Q4 would have been approximately 1.9 percent higher Q/Q and 2.1 percent above over one year earlier.
- The top-performing Equity REIT property segments on a Same-Store NOI over the past four quarters were Manufactured Homes (7.1 percent), Office (5.2 percent), Industrial (4.3 percent) and Single Family Homes (3.5 percent).
- Occupancy rates for all Equity REITs edged down 40 basis points from the record high in Q3, to 93.8 percent.
“REIT operating performance continues to benefit from economic tailwinds that drive demand for leased space in commercial real estate,” said Nareit Senior Vice President of Research and Economic Analysis Calvin Schnure. “High occupancy rates support rent growth and also capital appreciation of the properties owned by REITs.”
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