The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) Property Index (NPI) is the accepted index created to provide an instrument to gauge the investment performance of the commercial real estate market.
Liquidity has improved, thanks to the widespread use of real-estate investment trusts (REITs). (The American-based National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts commissioned the Ibbotson study.) But the global enthusiasm for REITs, together with the growing trend for property launches in the British mutual-fund sector, has a top-of-the-market feel.
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In addition, Mr. Tobe independently determined that the real estate investment consultant involved was currently receiving placement agent fees in connection with real estate investments at the California State Teachers Retirement System.
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However, a recently proposed merger with a sister fund, the DCA Total Return Fund ( DCA), aims to change the investment focus away from the real estate sector.
The publicly traded landlords--the real estate investment trusts, that is--are beaten down.
Most of the guest billings were passed through the real estate investment trust portion of the company, which didn't have to pay corporate income taxes.
The addendum to my report sent to the SEC indicated that my client, Mr. Christopher Tobe, a former trustee of the Kentucky Retirement System, had recently received substantial information from an international labor union, Unite Here, indicating that a real estate investment consultant retained by KRS to provide objective advice to the pension received compensation from real estate investment managers it recommended, including placement agent fees.
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To answer this, I have outlined potential implications for two of the most common commercial real estate investment strategies, commercial real estate financing, two types of MSAs and some of the participants in the commercial real estate market.
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These discounts have attracted some of the big fish in the real-estate investment world.
"Everything is on the table, " the real-estate investment trust said in a letter to shareholders.
Plus, there is no secondary market for these assets, so "you're toast if you need to sell" before the properties are ultimately resold, says Brandon Balkman, executive director of the Real Estate Investment Securities Association, a trade group.
Think of this cap rate as the dividend yield on your investment, comparable to the dividend you get on a real estate investment trust.
Most of the real estate companies that have converted to real estate investment trusts have seen their stock take off.
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One has to do with personal or family investment - that is higher education is thought to be a personal or family investment and not all that dissimilar from an investment in the stock market or an investment in real estate.
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"While nearly the whole retail sector got walloped following JCPenney's earnings warning, Glimcher Realty Trust firmed by 3.8%, " notes Adamo about the performance of this retail real estate investment trust during the week ended March 28.
While hedge funds have also capitalized on the trend, mortgage real estate investment trusts have been among the biggest winners from the thirst for yield and relatively limited supply.
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To David Miller, the real estate investment trust could hardly have been more attractive.
The real estate investment trust said that Thomas, who is chairman of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
Even some previous pariahs of southern Europe are now back on the investment radar for AXA Real Estate.
The result: The first real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring property from owners with a charitable intent.
At the same time investment into real estate has tripled, while both software and financial flows have more than doubled.
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You don't have to be a parent, however, to appreciate the investment potential of buying real estate in a college town.
The real estate investment company Qatari Diar is owned by the Qatari Investment Authority, which is headed by the country's prime minister.
Until recently, mortgage financing was neither accessible nor affordable to most and tight regulations prevented direct foreign investment in the real estate market.
This trend is benefitting some of the largest real estate investment trusts, including AvalonBay Communities and Equity Residential, says Rent.com President Peggy Abkemeier.
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Bustling office towers, lively shopping malls, thronged hotels: All have done well in recent years for the real estate investment trusts that own them.
The real estate investment trust said Wednesday it will push forward with a major equity offering, over cries of resistance from investors that control nearly 18% of its shares.
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Further, the lengthy analysis provided by Unite Here suggested that the KRS real estate investment consultant may have received compensation related to certain specifically identified KRS real estate investments.
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Unlike Trump, whose development business is privately held, and Zeckendorf, who flourished before the real estate investment trust was invented, Zuckerman gets ample equity capital for his projects via share offerings of Boston Properties.
Pershing, which is working with Vornado, the real estate investment trust that disclosed a 9.9% stake in the department store chain, said he did not feel comfortable discussing too much about his vision for the retailer before meeting with management but still offered investors several morsels.
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