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REITs dipped slightly in April, but the industry continued to outpace the broader market on a year-to-date basis.
The total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index fell 1.7 percent in April, while the S&P 500 Index added 0.4 percent. Through the end of April, the total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index were 4.1 percent, while the S&P 500 Index was 1.7 percent higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was 0.5 percent lower during the first four months of the year.
Cousins Properties Inc. (NYSE: CUZ) and Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PKY) said April 29 that they have agreed to a stock-for-stock merger valued at approximately $ 1.95 billion. The transaction also involves the spinoff of the Houston-based assets of both companies into a new publicly traded REIT.
Carol Bradshaw, vice president of tax at Westfield Corp. (ASX: WFD), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2016: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
Michael McTiernan, a partner at Hogan Lovells LLP, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2016: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
McTiernan discussed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recently released no-action letter that will allow holders of shares of a publicly traded REIT that they received in exchange for privately placed units of the REIT’s operating partnership to sell those shares under Rule 144 without having to start a new holding period.
Prentiss Feagles, a partner at Hogan Lovells LLP, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2016: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
Feagles commented on reforms to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA) that were included in the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 and their impact on REITs.
Bob O’Brien, partner and U.S. real estate services leader at Deloitte, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2016: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
O’Brien said he is seeing an increase in development activity for apartment buildings, office buildings, hotels and distribution facilities.
“REITs are playing a big role in development activity,” O’Brien said.
In the latest edition of Quick Study, Brad Case, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and industry information, said confidence in the state of the economy and capital markets boosted the broader market, and REITs in particular, during March.
“It was the kind of month where equity investors in general did well in essentially all categories of the stock market,” Case said. “But, certainly you were better off if you were a REIT investor,” he added.
REITs posted a strong upswing in March, outpacing broader market gains as investor concerns about global macroeconomic issues eased during the month, according to market observers.
The total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index rose 10 percent in March, while the S&P 500 Index added 6.8 percent. For the year to April 1, the total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index are 5.9 percent, while the S&P 500 Index is 2.0 percent higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is 0.5 percent lower for the year to April 1.
