Think Outside The Box By Investing In Preferred REIT Shares ...

From: Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha - 2:30am - August 24, 2012

By Brad Thomas:According to SNL Financial, US equity REITs have raised $35.27 billion so far this year (through August 10th). That is $3.82 billion more than the $31.42 billion raised in the same period in 2011. Common equity deals were the highest of the type of capital raised, at $14.72 billion. Senior debt followed at $13.53 billion and preferred equity brought up the rear at $7.02 billion. For the same period in 2011, those figures were, respectively, $17.93 billion, $10.30 billion and $3.19 billion.Health Care REIT (HR) completed the largest common stock offering this year (on August 7), totaling $810.8 million. Kilroy Realty (KRC) holds the second place in common equity raises during the period with a $230.5 million offering. Another notable common equity offering was by Taubman Centers (TCO), at $218.5 million.SL Green Realty (SLG) completed the largest preferred offering...

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