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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REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
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Leading REIT analysts review the outlook for the data center, health care, industrial, infrastructure, lodging, multifamily, office, retail, self-storage, and timber real estate sectors.
The outlook for equity REITs’ operating performance in 2016 depends in many ways on the impact of rising interest rates. How much will higher interest payments affect earnings? How solid are REIT balance sheet positions? Will higher short-term rates cause any difficulties covering interest payments?
Investment bankers say public real estate companies are in a strong competitive position as the economic recovery gains steam.
The listed REIT industry continues to grow and prosper. Total Funds from Operations (FFO) of listed Equity REITs rose 7.9 percent in the second quarter, to $15.6 billion, according to the NAREIT T-Tracker®.
Global real estate fund managers discuss Mexico, the future of European real estate, investing in China and more.
Steve Brown is a senior vice president and senior portfolio manager with American Century Investments.
U.S. REITs continued to outperform the broader equity market through the first four months of 2016, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) reported. The FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index, the broadest measure of the U.S. REIT market including both Equity REITs and Mortgage REITs, delivered a 4.09 percent total return for the first four months of the year.
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.
Historically, when REIT dividend yields became high relative to the yields on other income-oriented investments, that has usually been a sign that REITs had become undervalued and were likely to perform strongly over the next several years.
An increase in interest rates might be cause for concern if it were predicted to come with no accompanying increase in net operating income—but it’s those changes in net operating income, not the interest rates themselves, that should attract the closest attention of investors in any equity asset such as real estate.
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.
Mortgage REITs are likely to benefit from trends in the mortgage markets that will present opportunities in the months and years ahead.
During Nareit’s Earth Day webinar, ESG Investing and REITs: What to Know in 2022, panelists discussed the REIT industry’s progress with ESG reporting and initiatives, opportunities for REITs in the coming years, and the evolution of ESG investing.
A booming middle class is a boon for real estate in Asia.
Principal’s Todd Kellenberger highlights focus on resiliency given tougher macro outlook.