Due to the confluence of high inflation and rising interest rates, the REIT sector suffered horribly last year, falling by 12% year over year. Fortunately, the outlook for the asset class is not entirely bleak.
In addition, not all REITs are responding the same way to industry pressures. Despite the difficulties, there are several REITs that have continued to report greater distribution per unit (DPU).
Here are four S-REITs that increased their DPU in January...

Mapletree Investments and Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) have joined forces to acquire Hong Kong's Goldin Financial International Centre for HK$5.6 billion (approximately S$954 million).
Mapletree and PAG formed a 50/50 joint venture to carry out this acquisition.
The Goldin Financial Global Centre is located in the second commercial core of CBD2 in Kowloon East, Hong Kong, with ...

If you invest in REITs, you likely enjoy the steady stream of income that comes from assets.
Acquisitions, asset enhancement initiatives (AEIs), and organic rental growth are some of the strategies REITs can use to increase their asset base and rental income.
These three REITs are using a variety of catalysts to increase their DPU:
1. ARA US Hospitality Trust
As of Jan 4, 2023, ARA US Hospitality Trust (ARAHT), had a portfolio of 36 select-s...

It was a volatile year for the REIT industry, as high inflation and soaring interest rates combined dampened asset class sentiment.
However, REITs can use various methods to protect their per-unit allocations (DPUs). These include acquisitions that increase DPUs and rent adjustment, redevelopment and asset enhancement programs (AEI).
With these measures in place, REITs can mitigate the decline in DPUs and report higher DPUs next year.
Here are four REITs th...

Retail sales in Singapore continued to grow in October 2022, and retail sales grew by 10.4% year-on-year in October. Total retail sales in October were estimated at S$4 billion, with online retail sales accounting for an estimated 13.0%.
The 7 S-Reits listed on the Singapore Exchange have significant exposure to retail assets in Singapore:
1. CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust
2. Frasers Centrepoint Trust
3. Lendlease Global Commercial Reit
4. Mapletree Pan A...

If you are an income-seeking investor, you should look at the stocks below that paid uninterrupted dividends for a decade or more.
1. Singapore Exchange Limited
Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX), Singapore's sole stock exchange operator, has paid dividends consistently for over 20 years.
SGX distributed a dividend of S$0.055 in fiscal 2022. By FY2022, this dividend had grown to S$0.32, providing the stock of the exchange operator a 3...

After falling 5.6% in October, the iEdge S-Reit Index rebounded by 5.7% in total return in November, which was also outperform the FTSE EPRA Nareit development  index.
Interest rates and economic growth in key Asian markets continued to be the key drivers for the month. The best performing S-Reits sector in November were Data Centres, Diversified and Industrial S-Reits, with average total returns of 12%, 8% and 4% respectively. S-Reits in the healthcare sector were ...

The FTSE Straits Times REIT Index  has seen its total return fall by 10% this year, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Countries Index (the global REITs benchmark) has fallen by 22%, as global inflation outstrips global growth by 5% in 2022.
The FTSE Straits Times REIT Index was trading at a discount of 7% to book value, up from a 16% discount a month earlier (Data as of Nov 18).
The most defensive REITs and real estat...

Singapore Real Estate Investment Trusts (S-REITs) have surged as inflation in the US shows signs of cooling.
An analyst at Industrial Bank Singapore, said that whether the sell-off in S-REITs is coming to an end depends largely on when global inflation, particularly in the US, reaches its peak, and when the US Federal Reserve starts to slow down in raising interest rates. And he expected that the S-REIT is likely to bottom out in the next three to six months...

Our retirement can be supported by a stream of passive income from REITs, and these distributions may even increase over time.
The three major strategies used by REITs to increase their distribution per unit (DPU) are as follows:
1. acquisitions that can increase their asset base and DPU
2.  organic and involve positive rental reversions
3. the use of asset enhancement initiatives (AEI) to attract higher rental income
There are 3 S-REITs announce...