U.S. Property Values Up Nearly 6 Percent in March

Property values nationwide increased about 5.6 percent in March as measured by the FTSE NAREIT PureProperty Index Series.

Brad Case, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and industry information, noted that March saw rebounds in property values and the total returns that REITs receive from ownership of their properties.

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REITs Up Nearly 3 Percent in April, Beating Broader Market

REITs showed renewed vigor in April as the FTSE NAREIT All REIT Index posted total returns of 2.9 percent and outpaced the 0.7 percent return for the S&P 500 Index. April’s advances were an improvement on the 0.3 percent return that REITs had in March.

REIT advances in April followed a solid showing in the first quarter of 2014, when gains for the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index stood at 8.6 percent.

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