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Introduction: Real estate investment trusts

Publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate operating companies (REOCs) have enjoyed a reversal of fortune in the past twelve months. Real estate securities were hit hard by the liquidity crisis of 1998 and suffered continued decline in 1999 as capital markets reevaluated their growth prospects in a maturing real estate cycle. The year 2000 brought superior returns to REIT investors as technology stocks and the broader market retreated. Investors are now faced with the task of understanding REITs and REOCs in a stable environment for both indirect and direct investment in real estate. This special issue contains several views of the role of securities in direct ...

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