Federal Realty is an equity REIT that specializes in the ownership of high quality retail properties.
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There are 11 health care REITs included in the composite FTSE NAREIT All Equity REIT Index.
Investors can nudge their portfolios closer to a market economic weighting in real estate by purchasing a low-cost equity REIT index fund or ETF.
According to NAREIT, the U.S. equity REIT sector boasts an overall year-to-date total return of 23.57 percent (through August 1), outperforming the average equity REIT sector by around 36 percent.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, IRC makes up 3.38% of the KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio ETF ( AMEX: KBWY )which is trading higher by about 0.8% on the day Thursday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, LXP makes up 3.31% of the KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio ETF ( AMEX: KBWY )which is trading lower by about 0.3% on the day Monday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, FPO makes up 3.69% of the KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio ETF ( AMEX: KBWY )which is trading lower by about 0.1% on the day Monday.
Of the 31 retail sector REITs (in the FTSE NAREIT Index), the overall average dividend yield is 3.1 percent and the combined retail sector market capitalization is 135.35 billion or around 26 percent of the overall capitalization of the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REIT Index.
During that same period, the Dow Jones Equity All REIT index has increased 11%.
So far, REIT equity investors remain attracted to nursing-home landlords, in part because of their relatively high dividend yields.
Among private equity firms, REIT buyouts are especially popular.
There are three REIT categories: equity, mortgage and hybrid.
Now, ostensibly, no price is too high, because rents will go up forever and private equity investors will buy up any REIT not nailed down.
He said Citigroup recruited a dozen new REIT clients in 2012 for equity deals.
Private equity juggernaut Blackstone Group is vying with Vornado, another office REIT kingpin, to land the largest deal in history.
So far private equity firms have shown little interest in retail REITs, which trailed the overall REIT sector by five percentage points last year.
Among the largest underlying components of IYR, in trading today Prologis Inc ( NYSE: PLD) is up about 0.2%, Health Care REIT Inc. ( NYSE: HCN) is up about 0.8%, and Equity Residential ( NYSE: EQR) is up by about 1.5%.
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