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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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®.
Putting the pieces of connected commerce together in the COVID-19 era.
As highlighted in a recent Nareit commentary, the current lingering public-private real estate valuation divergence has been an unwanted visitor for commercial real estate (CRE).
Charting the change in REIT earnings, represented as funds from operations over the course of the pandemic.
This was the second week of rising share prices, after four straight weeks edging lower through September.
The business closures and social distancing designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 had a significant impact on demand for commercial real estate, vacancies and rent growth across the major property sectors.
Here’s the myth: an increase in interest rates is bad for real estate investors. Here’s the empirical fact: the historical evidence shows that real estate investors—at least those who invest through exchange-traded REITs—have usually done better during rising-rate environments than when interest rates were declining.
At the end of 2020, U.S. public REITs owned an estimated 502,937 properties and 15.1 million acres of timberland across the U.S.
New indices introduced by Green Street allow us for the first time to compare property price performance to total returns for property types outside of the traditional core REIT sectors.
REITs have provided that diversification benefit because their underlying returns are driven by the real estate market cycle, which is very different from the business cycle that drives the returns of most other companies in the stock market.
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.
Timber, office, and data centers led with returns of 15.9%, 10.4%, and 7.3%, respectively.
Across the various REIT sectors, there were seven property sectors with gains for the week, led by lodging/resorts with a total return of 7.6%.
REIT share prices rose last week, with a total return of 1.2% on the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index.
Leverage can be a double-edged sword, potentially amplifying investment gains on the upside and losses on the downside.