{"id":12898,"date":"2017-03-06T11:51:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T16:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/?post_type=news&p=12898"},"modified":"2017-03-06T11:51:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T16:51:22","slug":"the-larger-story-behind-reits-operating-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/the-larger-story-behind-reits-operating-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Larger Story Behind REITs’ Operating Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"
March 2, 2017 | by\u00a0ERIKA MORPHY<\/a>\u00a0| GlobeSt.com<\/p>\n WASHINGTON, DC\u2013Fourth quarter 2016 FFO of listed US Equity REITs<\/strong> recorded a 7.4% gain compared to the third quarter of 2016 and a 20.5% gain from the fourth quarter of 2015, according to NAREIT<\/strong>\u2019s Total REIT Industry Tracker Series (aka its T-Tracker series<\/strong>). The T-Tracker is quarterly composite performance measure of the entire US listed REIT industry.<\/p>\n But unless you are a REIT investor or industry analyst, why should you care about this particular metric? This isn\u2019t, after all, the widely-watched quarterly or monthly REIT returns.<\/p>\n And the answer to that: in many ways, the T-Tracker provides a more realistic assessment of REITs and commercial real estate prices. REIT stock prices, like all stocks, can be influenced by a number of non-industry matters. The T-Tracker, by contrast, looks at REITs\u2019 earnings growth \u2014 which ultimately show whether or not value is being created.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n