As of March 28, the dividend yield for the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index was 4.06% and the FTSE Nareit Mortgage REITs Index yielded 12.18%, compared to 1.3% for the S&P 500.

Kathleen McCarthy, Blackstone Global co-head of real estate, joins ‘Closing Bell Overtime’ to discuss real estate investing in the current interest rate environment.

The private credit market was under US$ 300 billion in 2010, but is projected to grow to US$ 3 trillion by 2028, according to SWFI research estimates.

“With vacancies and older outdated data centers sitting on the market for years, being scooped up by AI operators, tenants are not left with many options,” Berry said.

"UPREITs are a very attractive mechanism for REITs to acquire properties and make deals with sellers,” he said.

For the office sector, 2023 left lingering questions amid record underperformance in vacancy and net absorption.

The reason for this huge revision of expected supply is simple: More self-storage properties are being deferred or abandoned altogether all across the country.  

American cities from Los Angeles to New York have counted on top-dollar office values to help fill their property-tax coffers.

Unless capital raise increases for Blackstone REIT and for the industry of nontraded REITs, there will not be a significant increase in acquisitions in 2024...