office REITs

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a trend of workers preferring remote work to in-person office attendance. Meanwhile, commercial real estate across the U.S. has suffered as companies do not value expansive office spaces as they did before. The Data: A post on X relayed data from Arbor Data...

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,...

On Nov. 14, when the October consumer price index (CPI) came in flat, real estate investment trust (REIT) investors rejoiced. Inflation and the subsequent resulting higher interest rates have led to the slashing of REIT share prices since April 2022.  But the weaker-than-expected CPI reading this...

When investors buy real estate investment trusts (REITs), they aren't just buying real estate companies; they are also buying the large block of tenants that comprise the leasing portfolio within the REIT. Before you buy any REIT, consider the stability and solvency of its tenant base. Consider...

When investors consider acquiring a stock, there are numerous variables to sort through to make an informed decision. Investors should assess the stock's fundamentals as well as its historical performance, dividend growth and recent events. Investors must also ask: Is it an opportune moment to...

Commercial real estate transaction volumes are falling sharply in many parts of the world, prompting fears that the U.S. office market will soon experience the same fate. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that deal volumes in Germany’s commercial real estate market dropped by 50%, to €14.9 billion...

When a surge of confidence sweeps through the Street, it's usually propelled by the momentum of deals that exceed expectations. SL Green Realty Corp (NYSE:SLG), New York City’s largest office landlord, ignited the wave on Monday, with its shares climbing nearly 20% after it announced a...

In response to a slow pace of employees returning to offices and an increase in investors predicting further declines, share prices for many major office real estate firms have retreated close to their all-time lows. In the first week of May, office occupancy in the 10 most populous U.S. cities was...

The commercial real estate market is grappling with substantial challenges that have the potential to reverberate across the broader economy. What Happened: This year, short sellers of specialized, office and residential REITs have enjoyed considerable gains — we'll show some of...

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...

According to a survey performed by FlexJobs between March and April 2021, the data revealed that 65% of respondents said they want to remain full-time remote workers after the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, 58% of workers said they would “absolutely” look for a new job if they cannot...

City Office REIT Inc. (NYSE: CIO) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) with a group of properties in the Sun Belt region of America, which generally refers to the South and Southwest areas of the country. The company owns and operates facilities in Dallas; Denver; Phoenix; Seattle; Orlando,...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have suffered through a terrible year in 2022 as inflation pushed the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates a half dozen times. Shares of most REITs fell 30% or more until mid-October when most of them touched 52-week lows and then bottomed. Since then, some...

From data gathered on Sept. 30, 2019, healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) have earned a trailing ten-year return of 11.6% on average. Office REITs, however, tend to have an average ten-year return of 9%. S&P Global reported that healthcare REITs have a five-year average dividend...