08/08/2017
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Data Centers, Infrastructure, Manufactured Homes Lead Equity REIT Returns
The Data Centers, Infrastructure and Manufactured Homes property segments led the REIT market’s stock market performance in the first seven months of 2017, each with total returns exceeding 20 percent. Data Centers delivered a 26.62 percent total return for the period, followed by Infrastructure with 24.77 percent and Manufactured Homes with 20.08 percent.
Six other Equity REIT market segments had total returns that exceeded the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index’s 6.21 percent return. The market segments and their returns were:
- Industrial – 15.07 percent
- Single Family Homes – 14.40 percent
- Specialty – 13.81 percent
- Timber – 11.92 percent
- Health Care – 9.85 percent
- Apartments – 8.18 percent