REITs invest in the majority of real estate property types, including offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, retail centers, medical facilities, data centers, cell towers and hotels.
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Partnerships are occurring across a range of REIT property sectors.
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REITs have steadily fortified their balance sheets, leaving the industry in as solid a financial position it has ever seen, based on more than two decades of data available.
One of the enduring mysteries of reporting on investments is how many people seem to focus on price appreciation OR income, and how few people focus instead on total return
Cap rates have been holding their ground, even as interest rates move higher. The resilience of pricing in the real estate sector should not be surprising, however, given the strength in the fundamentals that support demand for commercial space.
The macroeconomy and real estate markets had a good performance in 2017. That may well continue into 2018, but there are several risks that might cause a change in the outlook.
Concern is growing among some investors that tight labor markets may trigger an increase in price inflation.
For REIT investors 2017 turned out to be a very normal year—but that was a huge disappointment given the “irrational exuberance” that investors in some other parts of the stock market enjoyed. So how can we develop empirically-based REIT return expectations for 2018?
REIT share prices have often responded negatively to rising interest rates, at least since 2013. Is this warranted by the outlook for their future earnings?
We decided to turn the tables and ask investors and other readers of the Nareit News Digest for their views on what will have the greatest impact on REIT share performance in 2018.
Now that we are on the other side of the Wall of Maturities, it’s worth a look back to see how the market fared, and what are the prospects for the CMBS market in the year ahead.
Economic fundamentals continued to support the real estate markets.
The sustained rise in prices of commercial real estate over the past seven years has prompted questions whether valuations may be getting ahead of themselves.
Market interest rates typically increase during periods when macroeconomic conditions are strengthening, the same strengthening that often drives positive REIT investment performance.
Total FFO of all listed U.S. equity REITs rose 3.2 percent to $15.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®.
Two of the biggest questions for investors for the remainder of this year will be what happens to interest rates, and how will changes in the interest rate environment affect businesses and financial markets?
The REIT market generally overreacts initially to news that affects the timing and possible aggressiveness of Fed tightening, as well as to increases in long-term interest rates, but tends to recover over time.