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A moderate supply of new buildings is helping to keep vacancy rates low and reduces risks of a market downturn due to excess construction in the months and years ahead.

The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index closed down 8.2% for the week ended May 15th, the first weekly decline for the month of May.

REITs and broad market equities faced challenges in August, as the sharply rising 10-year Treasury yield hit 4.34%, its highest level since 2007, and then declined to 4.09% in the final week of the month.

Last week the index posted a total return of negative 4.5%, the second week of single-digit moves after much sharper gyrations both up and down in the early stages of the crisis.

The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index was down 0.7% last week, while tech stocks pulled major indices much lower, with the Nasdaq down 3.3% and the S&P 500 falling 2.3%.

A comparison of recent trends of the P/E ratio for the S&P 500 to the price-to-FFO ratio for REITs shows a contrasting risk/reward tradeoff between the broad equity market and REITs.

The year ahead is likely to see further improvement in commercial real estate markets as the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the top ten developments to follow.

On a year-to-date basis, the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index is up 3.5% and the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index is up 5.4%.

The recovery in commercial real estate markets for the past several years has been uneven and often disappointing, much like the economy as a whole. More recent news, however, shows a turn for the better—and also signs that conditions may continue to improve.

Are low cap rates flashing a signal that speculative pricing is setting the market up for a correction? 

Several important data releases are scheduled in the coming weeks. Here’s what to watch.

The large specialist ownership base for REITs can help investors in direct and indirect ways.

The JOLTS report on labor market turnover can help shed light on the outlook for the economy and for real estate.

The recovery in commercial real estate markets accelerated throughout 2021, especially in the final months of the year.

New research shows REITs win a majority of head-to-head comparisons between domestic and international private equity real estate funds and REITs.