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REIT share prices rose slightly during the week ended December 18, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index posting a weekly total return of 0.5% and a year-to-date return of -6.9%.
REIT share prices were little changed last week, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index total return edging down 0.3%.
REITs have made important changes over the past decade in their overall leverage ratios, as well as the composition and structure of their debt.
The recovery in REIT earnings from declines early in the pandemic continued in the first quarter of 2021, according to data recently released in the Nareit T-Tracker®.
REITs are up more than 20% so far this year, as of June 4.
Nareit analysis of data from Preqin, a financial research firm that tracks investments in alternative assets, indicates that the use of REITs by pension plans has been increasing, particularly among the largest, most sophisticated plans.
REITS rebounded in the second week of 2021, with a 1.9% total return on the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index that reversed most of the decline in the prior week.
Many employers are eager for pre-pandemic, in-office operations to resume, but many workers remain reluctant to return.
Last week’s decline breaks a string of gains the to prior weeks, but REITs are still up 2.1% month-to-date.
Last week’s increase raised the year-to-date returns above 30%, to 30.2%.
REITs had a small positive total return last week with a gain of 0.1% on the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index.
Last week’s gains lifted year-to-date returns to 9.6%.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index rose 1.5% for the week ending Nov. 5 while the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs index rose 1.8%.
REIT earnings, as measured by funds from operations, increased 30.9% from the previous year to a record high of over $18 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®.
Year-to-date total returns for All Equity REITs stands at 31.9% and 35.2% for Equity REITs.