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Private equity fundraising down 35% in Q2, Preqin says

Private equity funds worldwide had a difficult time on the fundraising trail in the second quarter, raising a combined $106.7 billion, down from $164.4 billion in the prior quarter and also down from $165.3 billion in the year-earlier quarter, according to a just-released Preqin report….

REITs: What’s Ahead for the Second Half of 2023

As we look ahead to the second half of 2023, the economic and commercial real estate (CRE) environment will continue to be shaped by global central banks’ fight against inflationary pressures that have been more persistent than expected….

Smaller Apartment Markets Become a Great Investment Opportunity

Due to work-from-home and hybrid work options and the appeal of more affordable lifestyles, many people have left big cities behind and are calling less costly, less congested smaller markets home. In such places, the desire for a work-play balance becomes more of a reality than just part of a wish list…

Apartment Developers Turn to Non-Bank Lenders for Construction Loans

Apartment developers are finding ways to pay for new construction projects–without using loans from traditional banks. For years, multifamily developers have relied on large, short-term loans from banks to finance the construction of new apartment buildings. But rising interest rates and a string of banks failures—most prominently Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank—have thrown a shock to capital markets.

June 2023 Reported Nontraded REIT Sales Down 11.3% from May 2023

Blue Vault received June 2023 sales totals for ten nontraded REIT program offerings as of July 19, 2023. Sales reported by those ten NTRs totaled $176.0 million, down 11.3% from $198.4 million in May for the same ten NTRs, and down 72% Y-O-Y from the $630.7 million in sales in June 2022. FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust led the reporting REITs once again with $55.3 million in June, down 58% from $133.2 million in May. Next was Nuveen Global Cities REIT with $25.6 million, down 21% from the REIT’s May sales of $32.5 million.

West Coast Cities Slam Brakes on Housing Production Amid Worsening Crisis

Up and down the West Coast apartment construction sites are falling quiet despite high demand in a worsening housing shortage. Fewer multifamily projects have broken ground this year from Seattle to San Diego in one of the slowest starts to apartment construction in a decade. In San Jose, no apartments have broken ground after more than 7,000 started construction last year. In Seattle, 3,433 apartments started building in the first six months, a drop of nearly 60% from the same time last year.

Public Storage to acquire Simply Self Storage for $2.2 billion

Self-storage operator Public Storage (PSA.N) said on Monday it has entered a deal to buy Simply Self Storage from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) for $2.2 billion, as it looks to expand its market presence. Demand for storage space has waned from the heights of the pandemic, as people return to offices, and some analysts expect more consolidation in the sector….

NAV REITs Report Flat Median Total Returns for June

The median monthly total return for 16 continuously offered nontraded REIT programs (“NAV REITs”) was just 0.01% in June, compared to negative 0.46% in May. Eight of the 16 reported positive total returns. This is the first month since November 2022 that, as a group, the continuously offered nontraded REIT programs have reported a positive median return, albeit a very small one. Year-to-date in 2023, the median total return for the 16 REITs was negative 2.94%. By contrast, the S&P 500 Index total return over the same six-month period was 16.89% and the NAREIT All Equity REIT Index total return was 2.97%.