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U.S. Equity REITs Susceptible to Downgrades in 2009

Published Thursday, December 11, 2008

Softening fundamentals, recession and weakening liquidity profiles among U.S. equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) spurred Fitch Ratings to lower its outlook for the sector to negative this week. Even so, researchers say REIT performance is in step with the rest of the economy. With the capital markets frozen, equity REITs face a pervasive vulnerability to credit-rating downgrades, according to Steven Marks, managing director and U.S. REIT group head at Fitch. Forces weighing down on REITs include weakening fundamentals that threaten to reduce property cash flows, reduced liquidity profiles, and pressure to use assets as collateral in order ...

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