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Participants on a panel at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT, agreed that volatility is likely to persist in the REIT industry as markets digest the impact of the recent general election.
Timothy Naughton, 2017 NAREIT Chair and chairman and CEO of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE: AVB), moderated the Nov. 15 roundtable.
Capital flows into the REIT sector from domestic and international investors remain robust, according to a panel of industry figures at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT.
The panelists also said the limited supply of real estate assets is pushing valuations higher.
“Capital is chasing a relatively few number of assets,” said Louis Taylor, senior vice president at Paulson & Co., Inc. “Prices are fair to pretty full.”
CEO panelists at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT said they expect growth to continue in the mall, office and hospitality sectors against a backdrop of changing consumer and tenant preferences.
NAREIT 2015 Chair David Neithercut, the president and CEO of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), introduced the panel of REIT executives by observing that “our industry has a very strong story to tell.”