REITs’ Long-Term Leases Provide Some Stability During a Period of Market Turmoil

In the latest edition of the Nareit REIT Report podcast, Nareit senior economist Calvin Schnure highlighted the latest developments surrounding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy and REITs.Schnure emphasized that this is first and foremost a public health crisis, but also one which is impacting the economic and financial livelihood of tens of thousands of people.The situation is changing quite rapidly, Schnure said. He noted that his analysis as of March 12 is different from what it was just a few days ago.Schnure noted that a pandemic of the current scale hasn’t been seen before in modern history.“The experience in several other countries …is that it is possible to slow the spread of this virus and that will limit the effect on the economy, commercial real estate, and REITs,” Schnure said.