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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From 2016 to 2018, the jobs equivalent contribution from REITs is up an estimated 19.0%.
Experts say it’s important to increase board diversity for the right reasons.
REITs using cost of capital advantage.
Spurred on by attractive financing and solid returns, health care REITs continue their aggressive pursuit of senior housing properties.
Negative news about store closings have cast a shadow over the business of retail REITs. But regional mall and shopping center REITs face the challenge with an air of resilience and, for some, even optimism.
Dirk Brounen is professor of real estate economics at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.
REIT diversification benefits come not merely from their low correlations to other assets but also from their historically strong risk-adjusted returns.
The large specialist ownership base for REITs can help investors in direct and indirect ways.
The REIT sector overall entered this crisis period from a stronger position than in previous market downturns in terms of operational performance, balance sheet strength and sources of liquidity available for the potentially lean months ahead.
Data center REITs see pipeline of new opportunities and long-term demand potential.
Single-family rental REITs are solidifying their position in the residential housing sector.
Trading at nearly 40 percent premium to NAV.
Pension, endowment, and foundation funds control over $12 trillion in total assets, with approximately $900 billion invested in real estate.
Infrastructure, data centers, and health care each have more than a 10% share of assets.
Apartment, hotel REITs among strongest performers in first half of 2014.