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For most analysts listening in on the apartment REITs’ third-quarter conference calls, fundamentals were the key. They wanted to know where rents were moving, whether traffic slumped after August’s economic woes, and the will fare in the traditionally slower winter months. While those questions...
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Coming into the apartment REITs' third-quarter conference calls, analysts had one overriding concern: Is there a slowdown looming?
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Most third-quarter conference calls are usually just a warm up for the fourth-quarter calls. Analysts know the real news comes in the fourth quarter when apartment REITs start to provide a picture of what the coming year looks like.
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Like just about every other sector on Wall Street, the apartment REITs have been beaten up the past couple of days, seeing their values move down about 4 percent on average. But that doesn’t diminish the positive results they’re seeing on-site. Even as the jobs picture continues to look shaky, the...
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As the apartment REITs begin reporting their mid-year results next week, analysts again expect fundamentals to be good. But the dour economic news of the last couple of weeks has some wondering if the sluggish economy may put a ceiling on the robust apartment recovery.
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As expected, the apartment REITs reported strong first quarters. The recovery that began last year seems to have now spread throughout the country. So for analysts listening in on the REIT conference calls, the optimism was contagious, particularly with fundamentals looking even better heading into...
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REIT reporting heated up this week with both Chicago-based Equity Residential and Arlington, Va.-based AvalonBay Communities releasing their results. The multifamily heavyweights didn’t disappoint.
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The quarterly parade of REIT conference calls begins this week as REITs report their fourth quarter and 2010 earnings. For analysts, though, that’s old news. They’re more worried about what lies ahead than what happened last year.
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The apartment REITs finished up their third quarter reporting this week. As far as market fundamentals, there were no real surprises. But there were three prime takeaways, from the recovery to an increasing deal pace to a major move from UDR.
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So far, more than half of the apartment REITs have reported their third quarter earnings. And, they’re showing that the recovery is continuing into the fall, especially for those REITs in higher barrier to entry markets.