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REITs posted positive results for the second consecutive month in November and outperformed stocks for the first time since April, as the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 6.0% and the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index gained 5.8%.
The last 12 months have seen high levels of volatility and sharp swings in sentiment.
The most recent rent survey results show that on average for REITs, the share of typical rent collected in May was largely unchanged from April.
Free-Standing Retail REITs rent collected see jump of more than 12 percentage points; Industrial sector remains strongest performer.
This was the second week of rising share prices, after four straight weeks edging lower through September.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index was down 0.7% last week, while tech stocks pulled major indices much lower, with the Nasdaq down 3.3% and the S&P 500 falling 2.3%.
One of the dominant themes among institutional real estate investors of the past few years has been the shift toward “alternative” property types.
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Alex Beath is a senior research analyst at CEM Benchmarking. Nareit recently collaborated with CEM to analyse more than two decades of U.S. pension fund performance data.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index declined 4.9% in January. Broader markets posted narrow gains as the Russell 1000 rose 1.4% and the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market rose 1.1%.
REITs rebounded last week with a 5.2% total return, according to the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index, ending a string of declines over the three prior weeks.
Data centers, infrastructure, and self storage REIT sectors all had weekly returns exceeding 2.0%.
Broader markets also fell, with a decline of 2.2% on both the Russell 1000 and the S&P 500.
Total returns for the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index moved into positive territory last week, with a 1.2% weekly gain.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index was down 1.3% for the week, a more modest decline than the 2.3% drop in the Russell 1000.