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Pros and cons of investing in REITs

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is an attractive alternative investment option. A REIT, to put it simply, is a pool of funds invested in real estate assets. It’s like a mutual fund but instead of investing in several listed companies, it invests in income generating real estate assets. It’s a great way to invest in real estate with the same tradability feature of a stock, since...

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Fast facts about REIT

A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is a corporation that: • is listed on a public stock exchange with at least 33 percent of its outstanding shares owned by the investing public; • must invest 75 percent of its total assets in income-generating real property; • must distribute 90 percent of its unretained earnings to its shareholders; and • must have a minimum pa...

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PSE: Property firms eager to list REITs

A NUMBER of listed property companies were very enthusiastic with the landmark signing of the Regulations that form part of the framework of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Act of 2009. The Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Revenue Regulation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Listing Rules of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE...

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Real estate crowdfunding platform launched

ONLINE real estate platform Signet Properties, working with SeedIn Technology (SeedIn PH) and RE/MAX Premier Manila, launched Flint — the first tech-enabled real estate crowdfunding platform in the Philippines. Flint aims to simplify and streamline the process of purchasing and investing in Philippine properties, while making it more accessible for local investors. The platform allows thi...

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Ayala Land investing P18 billion to develop former sugar mill

AYALA Land Inc. (ALI) on Tuesday said it is investing some P18 billion to transform a 290-hectare property, a former sugar mill in Tarlac into an integrated mixed-use estate that will function as a progressive new downtown. The estate, which it called Cresendo, will feature components, such as an industrial park, a residential and commercial areas. The property used to be part of the sugar mill...

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MPHHI gets investment from KKR, postpones IPO

By Denise A. Valdez, Reporter THE ANTICIPATED P83.3-billion initial public offering (IPO) of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC)’s hospital unit — which was supposed to be the biggest listing in the Philippine Stock Exchange to date — is delayed indefinitely from its earlier fourth-quarter schedule as the company welcomed an investor that poured P35.3 billion into...

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