Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> July 27, 2009

Outlook For Reits – Bradford Case – Nareit

BRADFORD CASE is vice president of research and industry information for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He conducts original research on the role of real estate investing through REITs in institutional and individual investment portfolios, assists in managing NAREIT's sponsored research agenda, and monitors and facilitates REIT-related research by independent academics. Dr. Case previously was an Economist with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, where he researched movements in both commercial and residential property values and proposed changes in the regulatory treatment of commercial and residential mortgage lending by banks and other financial institutions. He is an editor of the academic journals Real Estate Economics and Journal of Housing Economics. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. Profile
TWST: Let's start by discussing recent REIT stock performance. After a

significant decline in prices, they did bounce back quite a bit earlier this

year. Where do we stand today?

Dr. Case: