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Happy 150th Birthday, Closed-End Funds

A century and a half later, closed-end funds continue to be an efficient way for investors to access some of the biggest growth opportunities in emerging markets.

What percentage of nontraded REIT debt will mature during 2018?

Debt maturing during the fiscal year 2018 was 9.8% of the total debt for nontraded REITs reporting as of March 31, 2018.  Debt maturing during the fiscal year 2017 was 11.2% of the total debt for nontraded REITs reporting as of the year-earlier March 31, 2017.

What portion of nontraded REIT total debt is at fixed rates?

For 60 nontraded REITs reporting total debt at March 31, 2018, the portion of total debt that was at fixed rates, including debt that was hedged utilizing interest rate swaps, was 62.2%. For the year-earlier quarter ended March 31, 2017, 62 nontraded REITs reported 60.5% of all debt as having fixed rates.

Big Data And The Future Of Retail

This isn’t your parents’ retail market, as InvenTrust chief Tom McGuinness makes perfectly clear in this exclusive RECon video interview. But what does this mean for providers of retail space?

Investors Still Can’t Get Enough of Industrial Properties, Experts Say

Despite increasing valuations and compressed cap rates, industrial/logistics real estate remains “the prettiest girl at the dance,” says Mark Glagola, senior managing director of the Mid-Atlantic capital markets group at brokerage firm Transwestern. “Investors are buying at lower caps, but supply is overwhelmed by demand,” he notes.