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real estate investment trust
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real estate investment trust n. nick-named REIT, a real estate investment organization which finds investors and buys real property and gives each investor either a percentage interest in the property itself or an interest in a loan secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on the property. Usually the loan is used to develop the property and build upon it, and then there is a division of profits upon sale---if there is a profit.



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Apartment REITs continue to benefit in this real estate correction because the number of renters and the duration of their stay has increased.
MUCH RECENT commentary has focused on REITs and how they are the anticipated winners as the transaction market unwinds.
Equity REITs own real estate including residential real estate and earn primarily from rentals and sale of real estate.
 
 
 
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