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The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index posted a total return of 5.5% last week, the strongest weekly gains since November 13, 2020.

Listed equity REITs have generally outperformed small-cap value stocks, posting slightly higher returns but substantially lower volatility and substantially better diversification benefits.

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) recently visited the headquarters of Centerspace in Minneapolis.

Since most economic activity takes place within a commercial real estate structure, these changes will impact how people use commercial real estate in the future.

Last week the index posted a total return of negative 4.5%, the second week of single-digit moves after much sharper gyrations both up and down in the early stages of the crisis.

Homeownership is stabilizing, but weak job market is still holding back both rental and ownership markets.  The home ownership rate held steady for the final three quarters of 2013 at 65.1 percent, after having declined a half-percentage point or more each year since its peak in the mid-2000s (Chart 1).  This tentative stabilization suggests that housing markets may soon move beyond the mortgage crisis and back to a period of more normal recovery and growth.

REIT share prices moved higher last week, with a 0.3% total return on the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index.

The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index posted a total return of 6.9%, the strongest weekly return in six weeks and outpacing the 3.5% total return on the Russell 1000.

Companies increasingly give executive leaders the opportunity to gain board experience, alongside their day job.

The inherent nature of real estate means that our industry will always have a considerable impact on and be directly affected by the environment.

Citi’s Michael Bilerman recently spoke with REIT magazine on issues ranging from real estate cap rates and valuations, to the importance of asking difficult questions.

While REITs have underperformed the broader stock market so far in 2020, it is long-term returns that matter.  REITs have been a favorable choice when looking at long-term returns.

REITs rose last week with a 2.5% total return on the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index, the fourth consecutive weekly gain.

REITs edged narrowly lower for the week ended Sept. 17th, but outpaced other equities.

REITs have low exposure to floating rate debt, with over 87% of the debt held by the industry at fixed rates.

Last week’s increase brought the year-to-date return to 32.0%.