Mortgage REITs

When it comes to high-yield investments, mortgage REITs can be the unsung heroes of your portfolio. As Benzinga looks forward to its two-day SmallCAP Conference in October, we’re taking the time to spotlight small-cap mortgage REITs. Here are our three picks; each REIT delivers double-digit...

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The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit) is the trade association that promotes and advocates for real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate-based companies in the U.S. Nareit identifies 14 REIT subsectors, but several of them, such as timberlands,...

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If there's one thing cash investors love, it's high dividend yields that can juice up portfolio returns. Buying high-yielding dividend stocks often works well — until and unless the dividend gets cut or suspended. An unusually high dividend yield is sometimes called a "yield trap," meaning that...

One of the lesser-known and misunderstood real estate investment trust (REIT) subsectors is mortgage REITs (mREITs). While investors can grasp the concept of REITs that own and manage tangible properties such as office buildings, apartments or strip malls, it's a bit more difficult to visualize...

It's well-established on Wall Street that companies that beat the analysts' estimates often outperform other stocks over the next few weeks. And when the "beat" is on both earnings and revenue, it's even more likely to propel a stock higher.  But sometimes Wall Street will "buy on the rumor,...

Investing In Real Estate Has Never Been Easier A REIT stands for "Real Estate Investment Trust" and they allow you to invest in real estate without having to be a landlord, without having to deal with tenants, without having to go hunting for properties, and without having to take on...

Among real estate investment trusts (REITs), one of the most popular subsectors with investors are mortgage REITs (mREITs). Although mREITs can be extremely volatile, their dividend yields are usually the highest among the total REIT universe. Some income-oriented investors try to purchase mREITs...

Many financial companies are rallying off of lows hit last fall, but only a few are making new highs.  Tiptree Inc. (NYSE: TIPT) is one of those outperforming others in the sector and the rest of the market as a whole. The company has moved from $10 in late September to this week’s...

The following real estate investment trusts (REITs) all trade below their book value, and each one pays a dividend.  If the Federal Reserve ever makes the pivot back to lowering interest rates, REITs such as these may be of interest to patient investors. While the wait continues for a change...

While 2022 was a difficult year for most real estate investment trusts (REITs), the worst-performing subindustry was mortgage REITs (mREITs).  The mREIT loss percentages ranged from the mid-teens to almost 60%. Inflation and interest rate hikes cut deeply into mREITs and contributed to the...

More than 200 publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) across 13 sectors are traded on the stock market, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit) With so many REITs to choose from, making decisions on which ones to invest in can be somewhat...

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. (NYSE: ACRE) is a mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) now going for just 78% of book value.  The Atlanta-based mREIT’s market capitalization comes to $586 million, a relatively small figure for a New York Stock Exchange-listed real estate...

Mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs) are popular with investors seeking high-yielding dividends.  But mREITs are not for everyone because they can be quite volatile. Over the past five years, several popular mREITs such as Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) and AGNC...