Nontraded REIT
Hedging with Gold Has an Opportunity Cost 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)…
Has the Self-Storage Real Estate Sector Peaked? 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'…
Blackstone NAV REIT Performance Outshines Cash Flow Concerns 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…
REITs: What’s Ahead for the Second Half of 2023 July 31, 2023

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....
June 2023 Reported Nontraded REIT Sales Down 11.3% from May 2023 July 27, 2023

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…

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