REITs invest in the majority of real estate property types, including offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, retail centers, medical facilities, data centers, cell towers, telecommunications and hotels.
The REIT Industry ESG Report 2023 includes industry trends, REIT ESG reporting data and analysis, as well as useful information on the publicly traded U.S. REIT industry’s primary sustainability, social responsibility, and governance practices.
The impressive performance of REITs during late October and November may be a signal that the end of the rate-rising cycle will herald a period of REIT outperformance.
Veris CEO Mahbod Nia is turning his attention to optimization with significant opportunities available for continued value creation.
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When assessing the outlook for REITs and commercial real estate in 2022 and beyond, it is helpful to distinguish between impermanent or cyclical effects and the longer-term structural changes that result from changes in behavior.
Modeled after mutual funds, REITs historically have provided investors of all types regular income streams, diversification and long-term capital appreciation. Investors can purchase stock in equity REITs and mortgage REITs. Equity REITs own properties in a variety of real estate sectors, such as retail, office and residential.
Heading into a period of slower growth, high inflation, and significantly higher interest rates, we see REITs as well positioned for strong relative performance and stability.
Commercial real estate and REITs are likely to begin to recover in 2021, with the pace of improvement driven by the availability and effectiveness of a vaccine.
The pandemic's impact on demand will be short-term, but there may also be longer-term structural changes
The economic damage caused by COVID-19 is unprecedented, but the economy may be ready to start recovering in the second half of 2020.
Commercial real estate has gone through many boom/bust cycles in the past. These cycles have inevitably affected the performance of REITs through their impact on rents, vacancy rates and property valuations. There are certain features that are common to nearly all these cycles, including overbuilding and a relaxation of risk standards by builders, lenders and investors. There are also differences across these cycles, however, much as Tolstoy wrote in Anna Karenina, “each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
With everyday life upended by the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, the commercial real estate industry is shifting on a daily basis.
Actively managed funds represent 7% of REIT market capitalization and they have been a key element in REITs’ long-term success because of their combined real estate and equity investment expertise and analysis.
Lodging REITs are en route to recovery, but the pace of improvement is likely to be uneven.
The correlation between REITs and the broad stock market has always been relatively low because REIT returns are driven by the real estate market cycle whereas returns for most other equities are driven by the much shorter business cycle.
REITs are gaining ground in their efforts to attract generalist investors.
Leading fund managers share their insights on the REIT market
Following the challenges of 2020, leading real estate fund managers expect REITs to benefit from improving fundamentals in 2021.
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.
Buoyed by strong balance sheets, REITs SHOULD continue to grow by acquisition in 2013, recycling capital along the way, investment bankers say.