CMBS Market Boosted By Positive Fundamentals as 2014 Comes to Close

The commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) market is expected to end 2014 on solid footing, with loan delinquency rates falling and new issuance likely to surpass last year’s level, according to market observers. The CMBS delinquency rate fell to 5.8 percent in November, its lowest level in five years, Trepp, LLC reported. As of Dec. …

Malls Are Here to Stay, Says Green Street Consultant

Malls Are Here to Stay, Says Green Street Consultant Phil Owens, managing director with Green Street’s Advisory Group, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Owens discussed some of the latest developments in the retail real estate sector. According to Owens, some investment managers …

REIT Consultant Urges Companies Considering Going Public to Do Their Homework

REIT Consultant Urges Companies Considering Going Public to Do Their Homework Merrie Frankel, president of Minerva Realty Consultants, LLC, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Minerva provides credit rating and capital structure analysis to REITs and real estate companies. The firm’s clientele includes …

Banker Sees Expectations of Rate Hike “Baked Into” REIT Stock Prices

Banker Sees Expectations of Rate Hike “Baked Into” REIT Stock Prices Scott Eisen, head of North American real estate at Citi, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Eisen moderated a REITWise panel on the state of the capital markets. Eisen noted that …

Fidelity Fund Manager Sees Safety in Mix of REIT Securities

Mark Snyderman, fund manager of the Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. The Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund invests in the securities of REITs and other real estate companies across the capital stack: common stock, preferred stock, bonds and commercial …