Market Commentary FTSE Nareit U.S. & FTSE EPRA/Nareit Global Real Estate Index Series Quarterly Review for 2022 Q1 The additions, deletions and classification changes will be applied on Friday, Mar. 18, 2022. 03/14/2022
Market Commentary How Rising Interest Rates Have Affected REIT Performance Historically, REITs have performed well during periods of rising long-term interest rates with average four-quarter return in periods with rising rates of 16.55% compared to 10.68% in non-rising rate periods from the first quarter of 1992 to the fourth quarter of 2021. 03/09/2022
Market Commentary Jobs Report Shows Return-to-Office Rebound in February Over 3.4 million workers who had gone back to telecommuting during January were back in the office in February 03/08/2022
Market Commentary How REITs and Private Real Estate Performed Through the Pandemic REITs have outperformed private real estate property and fund indexes through the fourth quarter of 2021 and have an annual increase of 41.3% in 2021 compared to 22.2% for private real estate. 03/04/2022
Market Commentary REIT Earnings Rose 24.6% in 2021 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. 03/03/2022
Market Commentary Pensions Increasingly Using REITs to Access Real Estate The 2022 Pensions & Investments annual survey of pension plans found that REIT assets in the largest 200 U.S. retirement plans grew 22% to $34.2 billion during the year. 02/28/2022
Market Commentary Estimating the Size of the Commercial Real Estate Market For the second quarter of 2021, REITs made up an estimated 9.4% of the total CRE market. 02/15/2022
Market Commentary REITs Set Record for Annual Capital Raising U.S. REITs raised more than $126 billion from IPOs and secondary debt and equity offerings in 2021, a new record for annual capital raising. 02/11/2022
Market Commentary What Does the January Jobs Report Say About Commercial Real Estate and REITs? Solid macroeconomic fundamentals are good news for commercial real estate and REITs, as a growing economy generates increased demand for leased commercial space. 02/08/2022
Market Commentary REITs Fell in January REITs fell sharply in January 2022 as the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 Pandemic persisted and the Federal Reserve indicated its readiness to tighten monetary policy. 02/02/2022
Market Commentary Global Real Estate Posts Strong Returns in 2021 The FTSE EPRA/Nareit Global Real Estate Index Series performed strongly in 2021, with the Developed index posting a total return of 27.2%, while the Global index, which includes both Developed and Emerging Markets, returned 23.0%. 01/31/2022
