18.11.2010 - US: The boom in apartment REITs
From Forbes.com: As millions of Americans were looking in vain to unload their homes this summer, Thomas Toomey bought 1,374 of them for an average of $300,000 each. The $412 million outlay left his Denver-based apartment company, UDR, with 58,800 units worth $7.6 billion. Toomey is buying for a simple reason. He's convinced that rising rents will drive up the profits he can earn leasing out those homes to record levels over the next several years..............................................Full Article: Source
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