NO JOKE..REITs CRUSH STOCK MARKET AGAIN

Great news....just like I reported in the Feb 25th, 2011 blog.....REITs are outprforming the stock market again.

Real-estate stocks again outperformed the broader stock market during the second quarter, as investors bet property companies will provide a safe haven from global turmoil.

The Dow Jones Equity All REIT Index was up 9.9% for the first half of the year, compared with a 6% rise in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock Index and 8.6% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, on a total return basis. The recent performance caps a two-year period in which REITs have been on a hot streak, returning nearly 30%.

The truth is that real estate has been outperforming the stock market since 1958. No kidding. I went back over 50 years and compared numbers and this is what I discovered. a very small percentage of companies did better over the last 50 year period. What more proof do you need???

Last year, REITs raised $26.24 billion in equity, not including initial public offerings, the largest amount since 1997, according to data supplied by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. And that amount may soon be eclipsed; $23.72 billion has been raised so far this year.

Read more about this at ....http://oakstonecompany.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/reits-beat-stock-indexes-but-falling-short-on-values/

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Many thanks from Blog Founder, Larry Tutino

COMMERCIAL SALES SURGE !!!

Transactions surged over the past year as the economy began to recover and low interest ratesmade it cheaper for REITs and private-equity buyers to acquire office, retail, industrial, apartment and health-care properties. Completed acquisitions by U.S. REITs more than tripled to $24 billion in the 12 months through the end of February compared with the previous year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Fasulo said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if U.S. commercial property purchases double in 2011 from almost $140 billion in 2010.

U.S. commercial property purchases may double this year as confidence builds among investors with access to credit and equity that values will rebound.

Blackstone Group LP’s planned $9.4 billion purchase of U.S. shopping centers and Ventas Inc.’s proposed $5.7 billion buyout of a health-care real estate investment trust, one of two multi- billion dollar health care REIT deals announced yesterday, may mean a wave of commercial real estate acquisitions is coming as buyers regain confidence in the market.

Read more at...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-01/commercial-property-deals-may-double-in-u-s-as-blackstone-bets-on-rebound.html

I found this info on Jeff Lindahl's site at... www.rementor.com 781-878-7114

Thank You, Larry

REITs outperform STOCKs again !!!!

The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts says the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index of US companies posted a 3.64% total return in January, better than the S&P 500 at a 2.37% total return and beating the NASDAQ Composite, which was up only 1.78% for the month.

More info at.... http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=390211573&gid=2718314&type=news&item=390211573&articleURL=http://www.globest.com/news/1857_1857/newyork/307359-1.html&urlhash=MsWX&goback=.gde_2718314_news_390211573

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Green Street has a strong record with its recommendations. Its Buy-rated stocks have generated a 25.2% annual return since 1993, versus 10.9% for all the stocks in its universe, and its Sells have gone down 1.8%. Real-estate investment trusts have been strong performers, continuing a recovery that began in early 2009. Through Wednesday, the MSCI U.S. REIT index was up 20% this year.

More info at ...http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970204743004575622590559070962.html#articleTabs_panel_article%3D1

Remember back on Nov. 8. 2010,,,,,I had a Blog about the tremendous growth in the Real Estate Investment Trusts.

It seems that this is the BEST Asset to INVEST IN.....

Thanks from Larry, Blog writer.