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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Experts are forecasting a reinvigoration of the office market due to a boost in leasing from AI-related companies.
Nareit's John Worth along with Brandon Benjamin of Brookfield Asset Management will discuss the performance for the second quarter of 2025 and upcoming trends.
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Funds from operations of all listed equity REITs was 11.1 percent higher than one year earlier, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®.
The occupancy rate at apartment REITs has continued to move to new record highs during this building boom.
The average office occupancy rate rose almost 4% in the week after the holiday.
Current REIT fundamentals and equity market conditions suggest that investing in REITs will likely continue to have such benefits in the period ahead.
For decades, defined benefit (DB) pension plans have been using real estate successfully within their investment portfolios.
Space market fundamentals can differ markedly across property types
The economic forces that affect the demand for domestic U.S. commercial real estate differ from those affecting global corporations, and stock returns reflect these differences.
Funds from operations of all Equity REITs increased to $15.9 billion in the first quarter, according to the Nareit T-Tracker. Occupancy rates remain near the record highs set last year.
REITs posted record-high funds from operations (FFO) in the fourth quarter of 2024 and continued to have strong balance sheets with well-structured debt, according to Nareit’s quarterly REIT Industry Tracker released today.
REIT earnings slowed a bit in late 2018, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®, which showed funds from operations (FFO) of all listed equity REITs of $15.9 billion.
REITs have also prepared themselves for economic uncertainty by building up their stock of cash and cash-like assets and maintaining substantial unused lines of credit.
While valuations are somewhat different across different segments of the REIT industry, there is a “wealth of undervaluation” in REITs today—and investors certainly should be paying closer attention.
The two largest risks to the economy from recent layoffs are that job losses spread from the front-line sectors into the broader economy, and that temporary layoffs translate into permanent job losses.
Third quarter REIT performance, sector outlooks, and the closing gap between public and private real estate valuations took center stage during the “FTSE Nareit U.S. Real Estate Indexes in Review and What’s Next” webinar.
The sharp decline in REIT earnings reflects the record contraction in GDP in the second quarter. Economic activity hit bottom in April, however, and began rebounding over the past four months.
REITs issued $19.2 billion in secondary offerings of common equity during the first half of 2019, which is more than they raised during the entire year of 2018.