REITs Under Pressure in October

In the latest edition of Quick Study, Brad Case, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and industry information, said that despite market weakness in October, economic fundamentals continue to support the sector.

The total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index dropped 4.9 percent in October, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.8 percent.

“It was a very poor month in October,” Case observed. “The last three months have been weak for investors in all segments of the equity markets,” he added.

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Commercial Real Estate Price Pressure Beginning to Emerge in Some Sectors, Report Finds

Increased demand for commercial real estate is causing the price of assets to overtake their value in certain property sectors, according to the latest Real Estate Research Corporation’s (RERC) quarterly Real Estate Report.

“The relationship between the value versus the price of commercial real estate is precariously balanced,” according to Ken Riggs, president and CEO of RERC, a national evaluation and research organization.

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