Industry News MIT’s David Edelman on How Advanced Technology is Changing the Political and Cultural Landscape At REITworld, Edelman discussed the future of artificial intelligence, cybersecuity, and geopolitics. 11/09/2018
Industry News Nareit Economists Forecast 2019 REIT Market Expectations Expert panelists question if a shift in Fed policy in 2019 will return REITs to their fundamental valuations, as opposed to interest-rate driven valuations. 11/08/2018
Blog Poll: How Do You Think REIT Total Returns Will Look in 2019? We want to hear from you. 11/05/2018
Blog REITs Hit the ATM in the Second Quarter REITs have relied increasingly on a low-cost, flexible way of raising equity capital as they have expanded their issuance through At-the-market (ATM) programs. 10/09/2018 Image
Blog Tracking Property Prices and REIT Total Return Beyond the Core Sectors 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. 10/03/2018 Image
Blog Rising Homeownership, Apartment Demand, Single Family Home Rentals and REITs The recovery in housing markets has generated concerns among investors in apartment properties that a rebound in homeownership could undermine the demand for apartments. Nothing could be further from the truth! 09/28/2018 Image
Blog Looking Between the Sectors: REIT Price Multiple Performance A comparison of recent trends of the P/E ratio for the S&P 500 to the price-to-FFO ratio for REITs shows a contrasting risk/reward tradeoff between the broad equity market and REITs. 09/06/2018 Image
Blog IRR is an Easily Manipulated “Performance” Metric Most private equity investment managers measure their performance using IRR, and illustrates how SLOCs and forward commitments can be used to manipulate IRR computations to make performance appear better than it really is. 09/05/2018 Image
Blog Expansion and Growth of REIT Earnings Net operating income (NOI) of listed REITs rose nearly 50 percent over the past four years. The steady increases in same-store NOI at a pace above the inflation rate should continue to drive earnings, and valuations, upward in the future. 08/28/2018 Image
Blog FFO of listed REITs rose 5.5 percent, to $16.4 billion, in Q2 There are a multitude of signs that REIT performance will likely remain strong in the months ahead. 08/24/2018 Image