Institutional Investment in REITs: Evidence and Implications

Su Han, Wai Kin and Ko Wang

Journal of Real Estate Research, 1998, vol. 16, issue 3, 357-374

Abstract: It has been documented that institutional investors did not participate actively in the real estate investment trust (REIT) stock market prior to 1990 and that the percentage of institutional holdings of a REIT stock is positively correlated with the performance of the REIT stock. This article documents a reversal in trend in institutional investors’ preference for investing in REIT stocks and in other stocks. The study shows that prior to 1990, institutional investors invested more of their funds in other stocks than in REITs, whereas after 1990 they invest more of their funds in REITs than in other stocks in the market. The strategies of institutional investors investing in REITs are also analyzed. The findings of the study have implications for the agency and corporate control issues prevailing in the REIT stock market.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1080/10835547.1998.12090950

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