The PRS REIT, which invests in new-build family homes in the private rented sector (PRS), has reported a slowdown in home completions due to covid-19. During the quarter to the end of June, it completed 135 new rental homes, which was below the prior quarter volume of 330. This was due to an eight week period […]
Alternative Income REIT has said it expects to collect at least 84% of rent for the current quarter by September. The group, which owns a diverse portfolio of 19 long-let properties, has provided a breakdown on rent collection in which: 89% of tenants that pay quarterly rents (representing 70.4% of total quarter rent including monthly) […]
With so many REIT’s having de-rated heavily, sifting out the companies that were swept along in the coronavirus slump and left with unmerited discounts is fraught with danger. We have seen industrial and logistics specialists bounce back strongly due to a lockdown acceleration in the sector’s fundamentals, namely ecommerce penetration rates. However, more generalist companies that […]
Great Portland Estates (GPOR) has collected 69% of rents for the current quarter, and in doing so has tapped into rent deposits. The London office developer said collection figures were at 58% excluding deposits. From its office portfolio it had received 74% and from its associated retail/hospitality units it had collected 28%. The group had […]
Care home investor Impact Healthcare REIT has collected 100% of rents in advance for the current quarter, but occupancy falls by 8%. As a result of the uninterrupted collection, the company has reaffirmed its intention to pay its second-quarter interim dividend, for the period from 1 April to 30 June, in line with expectations with […]
Primary Health Properties has reported a 7.1% increase in earnings in a trading update for the six months to the end of June. The company, which owns a portfolio of primary healthcare facilities, said adjusted EPRA earnings per share grew to 3.0p (June 2019: 2.8p). This was off the back of an average uplift of 2.2% per […]
Town Centre Securities has collected 68% of rents billed for the current quarter. Of the £5.2m billed, which is down on the £6.6m it billed the previous quarter, it collected £3.5m. It has also agreed a deferment on £0.6m (11%) of rent. In the previous quarter, it has collected 79% of the £6.6m billed and […]
Workspace Group has collected 65% of rent due this quarter, it has revealed in a trading update. The London flexible office provider said this compared to 80% at the equivalent time last year. Cash collection for the April to June quarter was now at 75%. Encouragingly, customer enquiries steadily improved during the quarter with 765 […]
RDI REIT has collected 70.1% of rents due in June. This figure reflects both quarterly payments and monthly payments and compares to the 54.0% it collected in the same time post the March quarter due date. The group said it expects the current collection rates to improve or, in certain cases, result in agreements to remove break […]
Primary care property investor and developer Assura has provided a ‘business as usual’ trading update for the quarter to the end of June. The group said June quarter rents from its 565 properties are being received in line with normal patterns, while development activity is back up and running. Developments at Stafford and Netherfield completed in […]
