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U.S. Real Estate Companies Quarterly Insights: First-Quarter 2006 Apr 06
Standard & Poors, April 2006
Abstract
Commercial property market fundamentals continued to strengthen across all real estate company subsectors during the first quarter, including the beleaguered office sector. Sustained investment capital flow (both public and private) into commercial real estate bolstered REIT property valuations and REIT stocks. Conversely, recent slowdowns in new home sales and softening new home prices point to a long-anticipated cooldown in the housing market. In this debut issue of U.S. Real Estate Companies Quarterly Insights, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services reviews the issuance activity and rating trends of U.S. real estate companies (REITs and REOCs) and homebuilders for the first quarter of 2006. Event activity on ratings within both sectors remained high, public debt issuance was moderate, and bank loan volume was...
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Research Type: Commentary
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