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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The $350 million revitalization of Pier 94 was led by a joint venture between Vornado Realty Trust, Hudson Pacific Properties, and Blackstone Real Estate.
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The yield spread to Baa corporates as of the end of 2016 was in the bullish part of its historic range—and if a wide variety of estimates of the past relationship between spreads and forward-looking returns continues to hold, that currently bullish spread would suggest relatively bullish future total returns for investors in exchange-traded Equity REITs.
Infrastructure, data center REITs among top performers.
REITs have generally protected against stock market declines, with downside beta typically well below one; moreover, their upside beta has usually been higher, giving investors a chance to “have it both ways.”
Industrial REITs are companies that own, manage, and lease industrial real estate. Industrial real estate properties may include warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities.
Investment bankers say public real estate companies are in a strong competitive position as the economic recovery gains steam
REIT diversification benefits come not merely from their low correlations to other assets but also from their historically strong risk-adjusted returns.
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Newsweek and global data research firm Statista narrowed list from 2,000 public companies to 300.
The next year is likely to be a good but not great one for real estate, with solid job growth, consumer spending and business activity driving demand for nearly all types of commercial real estate.
REITs underutilized despite outperformance compared to private real estate.
The recently updated study provides a comprehensive review of investment allocations and actual investment performance across 12 asset groups over an 18-year period.
This is a guest commentary written by Annie Xiao, portfolio manager at the Employee Retirement System of Texas (Texas ERS).
U.S. equity REITs delivered higher returns for pension funds than unlisted real estate over a 20-year period, according to new research released today.
Macroeconomic data generally suggest that the U.S. economy remains in an extended period of soft growth and soft inflation—in fact, Federal Reserve officials have signaled their intent to continue monetary stimulus and tolerate slightly higher inflation to protect against further macro weakening. How have REIT investors fared in past periods of strong or weak macroeconomic growth, and high or low price inflation?
Mortgage REITs are an investment in real estate finance that combine high current income with long-term total return and portfolio diversification. MREITs have delivered a 21.2 percent total return over the past year, outpacing most other investments over this period.
In making the case for an allocation to real estate in an investment portfolio, one of the oft-cited arguments is real estate’s ability to generate income.