FFR News and Press, First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Fund From 05/13/22

Unable to avoid the broader 'Tech Wreck' weakness, Data Center REITs are among the worst-performing real estate sectors this year with declines of nearly 30% - their steepest drawdown on record. Cloud computing demand remains insatiable and has historically been unaffected by uncertai...

A lack of new supply serves to increase demand for existing buildings, typically leading to higher rents. Investors might be tempted to favor shorter leases, just as they would favor shorter duration in bond coupons and equity earnings projections. Demand remains strong in certain...

An unwelcome surprise is awaiting millions of renters across the country at the end of their lease term, many of which will see a double-digit rent increase on their renewal-offers. Apartment REITs continue to report stellar earnings results with record-setting rent growth near 20% wh...

The expected risk premium continued sliding in April for the Global Markets Index (GMI). Tuesday’s revision reflects a drop to a 5.4% annualized increase for the long term – a relatively large cut of 40 basis points from last month’s estimate. The forecast ref...

Student housing has seen a swift recovery and brightening outlook over the past twelve months as the effects of soaring rents have more-than-offset ongoing COVID issues and longer-term enrollment headwinds. American Campus - the first of three student housing REITs and last one still ...

We're approaching the halfway point of another newsworthy real estate earnings season with over 50 REITs representing 50% of the total market capitalization having reported results. Among the 40 REITs that provided full-year FFO guidance, 30 REITs (75%) raised their outlook- well abov...

Real estate earnings season kicks off this week, and over the next month, we'll hear results from 175 equity REITs, 40 mortgage REITs, and dozens of housing industry companies. Despite the historic surge in interest rates over the past quarter driven by expectations of Fed monetary ti...

After back-to-back negative return months at the start of the year, REITs began the recovery process in March with a +4.93% total return. Large cap (+6.83%), small cap (+5.48%) and mid cap REITs (+5.31%) outperformed, whereas micro caps (-4.30%) fell sharply. 86.71% of REIT securi...

Self-storage REITs- which delivered the most impressive rebound of any property sector throughout the pandemic- have built on their gains in early 2022 following a jaw-dropping 80% surge last year. Stumbling into the coronavirus pandemic with challenged fundamentals and an outlook for...

Back To The Office, Finally? Office REITs - which lagged over the prior two years from persistent pandemic-related headwinds - have been the best-performing major property sector in early 2022. Two years into the pandemic, office utilization rates have recovered only 40% of pre-COVID ...