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Nationwide Trend - Hotel Construction On The Rise

All around the country, an increase in leisure and business travel is fueling the latest boom in hotel construction.

In 2005, hotel occupancy in the United States was up to 63.1% compared to previous years' lows in the aftermath of 9/11.

In addition to the booming tourism industry, the hotel market is also benefitting form increased interest from investors looking to finance hotel construction.  The availability of capital can be attributed to the high performance of REITS over the first half of 2006.  Lodging real estate investment trusts posted an average gain of 17% compared with an average of 13% for REITS overall.

For more information on real estate investment trusts (REITs), contact Pacific Security Capital at 1-800-844-6085 or visit www.pacificsecuritycapital.com

Real-Estate Investment Trusts Rally Again, Defying Predictions

Article By Jennifer S. Forsyth Via RealEstate Journal

It seems to defy common sense: Real-estate stocks continue to rally -- even as interest rates rise.

Eighteen months ago, many investors began to sell off their real-estate holdings amid warnings that the property market might have peaked. But real-estate investment trusts -- tax-advantaged investment companies whose shares trade on major exchanges -- have continued to outperform the market. This year alone, the Dow Jones Equity REIT Index is up almost 13%, compared with a gain of almost 4% for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index.

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Are Heavy Insider Sales a REIT Sell Signal?

Article by David Bodamer Via Retail Traffic

When company insiders sell shares, there may be many reasons that have little to do with the fundamentals of the business or how executives and directors feel about the company's prospects. They may need money to pay taxes, to prepare for retirement or to buy a vacation home.

On the other hand, when there is a pattern of selling across an industry, that makes other investors wonder whether it's time to rethink their own commitment to those companies. This little cloud of doubt has just appeared in the REIT sector, where insiders at dozens of companies have been making abnormally high sales and abnormally low purchases in recent months. In the first quarter, REIT insiders sold $169 million worth of stock while buying $1.1 million. That followed a fourth quarter of 2004 where insiders sold $271 million versus purchases of $33 million, according to data compiled by Lehman Brothers REIT analyst David Harris.

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