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REIT industry and sector performance for the fourth quarter of 2025 was the focus of the Jan. 13 webinar, “FTSE Nareit U.S. Real Estate Indexes in Review & What’s Next.”
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.
The pandemic appears to be at a major turning point as vaccine production and distribution have hit stride. The economy will reach a major turning point soon afterwards, which will raise several issues for real estate and REITs.
Earnings remained positive for REITs into 2019, with FFO totaling $16.5 billion in the second quarter.
Total REIT FFO was 3.6 percent higher than in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 6.0 percent above over one year ago.
There are a multitude of signs that REIT performance will likely remain strong in the months ahead.
REIT earnings, as measured by funds from operations (FFO), rose 24.6% in the full year 2021 as the recovery from the early stages of the pandemic gained momentum.
There’s little difference between the income earned by the largest, most sophisticated investors in private equity real estate and the income earned by the smallest individual investors in listed equity REITs.
REIT earnings, as measured by funds from operations, increased 30.9% from the previous year to a record high of over $18 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®.
REIT earnings were impacted by the COVID-19 crisis in the first quarter, with funds from operation (FFO) declining 9.0% from the prior quarter, to $15.0 billion, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®.
The U.S. economy has faced numerous headwinds over the last few years.