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Motley Fool Money · October 7, 2024 · 25m

REITs in a Rate-Cutting Cycle: Time to Buy?

Motley Fool Team

The Motley Fool team examines whether REITs are attractive as the Fed begins cutting rates. They argue that rate cuts help REITs by lowering borrowing costs, but that investors need to be selective — data center and industrial REITs look strongest, while office REITs remain distressed.

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Environment shapes behavior — the shift to remote work changed the office environment, which changed tenant behavior (downsizing), which changed REIT economics (declining occupancy and rents)
The team traces the cascade: remote work policies (environmental change) caused tenants to reduce office space (behavioral change), which caused vacancy rates to spike (economic change), which caused office REIT values to crash (investment consequence).
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Highlights

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REITs are not a monolith — data center REITs (Equinix, Digital Realty) are thriving on AI demand while office REITs (Vornado, SL Green) face structural vacancy from remote work
The team separates REIT sectors: data center REITs are growing 20%+ as AI companies lease massive capacity. Industrial/warehouse REITs benefit from e-commerce. Cell tower REITs are stable. But office REITs face 20%+ vacancy rates and declining rents with no recovery in sight.
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