Real Estate Finance

Highlights

• 16 May 2012
  • Datacenter REITs should continue to grow profitably in 2012
    Data REITs and REOCs should continue to capitalize on strong demand and benefit from solid balance sheets and liquidity. Firms that continue to be cautious with their balance sheets should see their credit quality improve, leading to some positive momentum for ratings of the rated datacenter REITs... Press Release l Full Report
  • Liquidity consideration for US REIT ratings
    Proactive liquidity management continues to be extremely important to the credit quality of US REITs and REOCs, given that REITs cannot retain cash and real estate is a capital-intensive business. In our REIT credit analysis, we classify sources of liquidity in terms of flexibility, accessibility and reliability... Full Report
• 12 Apr 2012
  • Outlook for US private corrections industry is stable
    The outlook for the fundamentals of the US private corrections industry is stable as federal, state and local governments continue to turn to private correctional companies to alleviate overcrowding. At the same time, budget deficits are pressuring government policymakers to reduce costs in any way possible, creating a strong incentive to lower prison populations... Press Release l Full Report