Non-traded REITs utilize different types of financial contracts to hedge their variable rate debts to protect themselves financially from changes in interest rates...
August 29, 2023
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August 29, 2023
August 22, 2023
NAV REITs Report Positive Median Total Returns for July
The median monthly total return for 16 continuously offered nontraded REIT programs (“NAV REITs”) was 0.21% in July, compared to just 0.01% in June. Ten of the 16 reported positive total returns.
August 16, 2023
Converging Trends in Commercial Real Estate Markets Highlighted
A recent article by Peter Grant, who covers commercial real estate trends for the Wall Street Journal, covered a lot of territory and trends in the commercial real estate space. (See “Wall Street Is Ready to Scoop Up Commercial Real Estate on the Cheap” August 15, WSJ) Like pulling a thread from a sweater, digging…
August 16, 2023
Hedging with Gold Has an Opportunity Cost
Judging by the number advertisements heard regularly promoting holding gold as a hedge against inflation and protection should the U.S. economy crash, one would conclude that Americans are turning to investments in gold bullion or equivalents in large numbers. The facts don’t support that conclusion. As the chart below illustrates, spot gold prices (green line)…
August 15, 2023
Has the Self-Storage Real Estate Sector Peaked?
An August 6 Wall Street Journal article asked the question: “Is There a Limit to Americans' Self-Storage Addiction?” And answered its questions with: “Billions of Dollars Say Nope.” “There are self-storage facilities around the world, but nowhere have they been more popular to rent and profitable to own than in the U.S., thanks to Americans'…
August 8, 2023
Rising Interest Rates a Boon for Blackstone BDC, Interval Fund Investors
As interest rates continue to rise, investors in Blackstone’s business development company (BDC) and interval fund are seeing a similar spike in distribution payments, reflecting the asset manager’s profit-generating prowess amid extended economic turbulence. On Blue Vault’s July 26 webinar, A Deeper Look at Blackstone, Senior Financial Analyst Luke Schmidt said both funds are performing…
August 2, 2023
Nontraded REITs Don’t Own Floundering Enclosed Mall Assets
Using Blue Vault’s exclusive database, we looked at the properties held by nontraded REITs as of March 31, 2023, to see if those assets could be categorized as “older, low-end malls”...
August 1, 2023
What Government Can and Cannot Do to Make Housing “Affordable”
The U.S. has a “housing shortage” and a popular part of that theme today is an “affordable housing” shortage. Honest economists would have to question that conclusion...
August 1, 2023
Blackstone NAV REIT Performance Outshines Cash Flow Concerns
Despite indications that Blackstone’s nontraded real estate investment trust (NAV REIT) has struggled to deliver on redemptions, the diversified fund has shown “consistently better” total returns than its peers, proving its post-pandemic staying power, Blue Vault researchers say. As more second-quarter data become available, we’re finding that Blackstone’s Real Estate Income Trust has outperformed or…
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