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July 17, 2017

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REITs Appear Poised for a CRE Down Cycle

By David Bodamer, Editorial Director

The commercial real estate sector seems poised for a slowdown. But bulwarked by healthy balanced sheets and strong portfolios the sector’s publicly-traded firms, for the most part, should be able to deal with any challenges. In fact, it may be a time of opportunity for REITs that can snap up assets in opportunistic plays. These were among the findings of NREI’s second research survey exploring the state of publicly-traded REITs.

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Analysis

Investment Sales Slowdown Hits the Student Housing Sector

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Earlier this year it seemed like student housing properties were immune from the slowdown in investment sales. Sales for other property types had slowed dramatically compared to 2016. But the volume of single-asset student housing properties bought and sold in the first months of 2017 matched the beginning of 2016, which proved to be a record year for the sector. No longer.

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NREI Wire

Mortgage REITs Have Paid Off Well

WealthManagement.com

The market for real estate investment trusts (REITs) has been choppy this year. Let me be more specific: The market for equity REITs has been choppy. Mortgage REITs – at least those inside the portfolios of two exchange-traded funds – have been on a quiet tear. It’s uncertain if that will continue.

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Real Estate Investment Strategist Sees Valuations Remaining Flat

REIT.com

Scott Crowe, chief investment strategist at CenterSquare Investment Management, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown.

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