WRE News and Press, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust From 10/09/21

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...

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...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WashREIT (NYSE:WRE) will release third quarter earnings results after market close on Thursday, October 28, 2021. The conference call will be held on Friday, October 29, 2021 at 11:00 am ET. Conference call access information is as follow...

A new report from Bloomberg suggests that Apple will become the latest corporation to delay the return of its global workforce to the office (until at least January). Wells Fargo and Chevron have already postponed their September returns following an uptick in coronavirus cases, while Amazon ...

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...

M&A activity is surging in the REIT sector and you can profit from it. Many REITs are looking to unlock value by disposing non-core businesses, merging with larger REITs, and/or selling out completely to private equity. We present 2 REITs that could be takeover targets and pre...

Washington REIT recently announced that it was selling its office and retail portfolio in order to become a pure-play apartment REIT. Today, apartment REITs trade at much richer valuations when compared to diversified REITs, and therefore, this transformation could present an opportun...

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...