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How Cash Ratios Are Trending for NTRs
A recent article on S&P Capital IQ stated that the cash ratios of non-investment grade-rated companies were “squeezed further” in the first quarter of 2023. The article used the median measure of cash and equivalents as a share of total liabilities of companies rated…
ExchangeRight Successfully Completes 32nd Full-Cycle Event, with Annualized Returns Ranging 8.25%–9.75%
ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified real estate DST and REIT investments, has announced the successful completion of its Net-Leased Preferred Equity Fund 3 (“NLPEF 3”), a fund that consistently generated 8.25%–9.75% annualized returns to investors throughout the offering’s six-year lifespan. The liquidation of NLPEF 3 marked the 32nd successful full-cycle event ExchangeRight has executed on behalf of investors out of a total 87 offerings created…
Real Estate Cap Rates and the Slow Wheels of Progress
Differences in cap rates capture the divergence that occurred between U.S. public and private real estate markets in 2022, with public real estate cap rates (REIT implied) higher than their private real estate counterparts (transaction and appraisal). As expected, the gaps between REIT implied…
Q1 2023 Published Reports as of June 23
Q1 2023 Nontraded REIT and BDC Published Performance Reports as of June 23 Nontraded REIT (newly...
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Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Completes Mergers
Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Completes Mergers November 4, 2020 | James Sprow | Blue Vault The mergers of Hartman Income REIT Inc. and Hartman Short Term Income...
Inland Venture Partners Closes Out Manufactured Housing Offering
Inland Venture Partners, LLC (“Inland Venture Partners”), the private equity real estate arm of Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation (“Inland Investments”), today...
Starwood REIT Buys Two Housing Portfolios, Four Industrial Assets for $809 Million
Starwood REIT Buys Two Housing Portfolios, Four Industrial Assets for $809 Million November 5, 2020 Starwood Real Estate Income Trust Inc. acquired two affordable housing...
Which North Dakota company has acquired 27+ hotels and offers investors an UPREIT structure?
Which North Dakota company has acquired 27+ hotels and offers investors an UPREIT structure? Answer: Legendary Acquisitions, based in Fargo, North Dakota, buys 80- to...
How many of the 60 nontraded REITs lowered their distribution rates between Q1 2020 and Q2 2020?
How many of the 60 nontraded REITs lowered their distribution rates between Q1 2020 and Q2 2020? Answer: Thirteen REITs lowered their distribution rates between Q1 and Q2...
Resource Real Estate REITs to Vote on Merger
Resource Real Estate REITs to Vote on Merger November 3, 2020 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Stockholders of Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT Inc. (“REIT I”) and Resource...
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It’s a Fiduciary World After All
It’s a Fiduciary World After All February 16, 2017 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault The Department of Labor (DOL) Fiduciary rule conversation appears far from over now that new executive orders have potentially halted the rule’s implementation. As reported last...
Steadfast Apartment REIT Raises NAV Per Share
Steadfast Apartment REIT Raises NAV Per Share February 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On February, 14 the board of directors of Steadfast Apartment REIT Inc. (STAR) declared an estimated value of $14.85 per share of the company’s common stock, as of December...
Fed harps again on growing risk in U.S. commercial real estate
Fed harps again on growing risk in U.S. commercial real estate February 14, 2017 | Reuters Federal Reserve officials do not see broad risks developing in U.S. asset markets save for one: commercial real estate. That concern was evident on Tuesday in the U.S. central...
Outlook for Apartment Sector Looks Strong
Outlook for Apartment Sector Looks Strong February 14, 2017 | by Bendix Anderson | National Real Estate Investor Since the election, “uncertainty” has been a buzzword among economists. The direction of U.S. policy is not clear on major issues ranging from immigration...
Federal Reserve Officials Express Concern About CRE Valuations
Federal Reserve Officials Express Concern About CRE Valuations February 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault In the central bank’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, commercial property prices were identified as a “growing concern” amidst a climate in...









