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Real estate earnings season kicks off this week. We'll see results from more than 175 equity REITs, 40 mortgage REITs, and dozens of housing industry companies over the next month. REITs enter third-quarter earnings season as the second-best-performing asset class this year with total...

U.S. equity markets bounced back following the worst week since February as relief over a last-minute compromise to raise the debt ceiling offset disappointment over another weaker-than-expected employment report. After flirting with "correction territory" earlier in the week, the S&a...

The future of work is here, and nearly everyone besides office landlords are quite content. For office REITs, the "new normal" of hybrid work environments brings both new challenges and opportunities. Eighteen months after "two weeks to slow the spread," office utilization r...

U.S. equity markets staged a late-week rally to end a turbulent week with gains as concerns over instability in Chinese markets were offset by signs of resilient strength across US housing markets. Snapping a skid in which the benchmark average declined in 10-of-12 trading s...

U.S. equity markets retreated on a choppy week after a downbeat slate of economic data heightened concern that the recent COVID resurgence could stall or reverse the global economic reopenings. Exhibiting a reversion back to the "stay at home" trading patterns, the large-cap S&am...

In our "State of the REIT Sector" report, we analyze recently-released NAREIT T-Tracker data to review high-level REIT fundamentals over the past quarter through a series of charts. REIT company-level metrics have exhibited a substantial rebound over the last year as FFO and dividends...

U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record highs this past week as better-than-expected employment data eased some concern over threats of another potential wave of COVID-related economic restrictions. The U.S. economy added 942k jobs in July, while continuing jobless claims fel...

REIT earnings season has provided critical information on the state of the real estate industry - a much-needed check-in amid fears of a potential "fourth wave" of the COVID pandemic. Results were significantly better-than-expected with roughly 95% of equity REITs beating consensus FF...

U.S. equity markets were mixed this week as disappointing "big tech" earnings and concerns over controversial COVID vaccine and mask mandates were offset by historically strong earnings results from domestic-focused companies. Retreating from the record-highs set last week, ...

We're now at the halfway point of another newsworthy real estate earnings season. Results have so far been as impressive as any REIT earnings season in recent memory. Roughly 95% of REITs have topped consensus earnings estimates, and of the 44 REITs that provide full-year funds from o...