ANALYSIS: U.S. REIT M&A Deals Outperforming Overall Market

Looking at M&A transactions with at least one U.S. party, REITs are doing more deals this year than they did during the same period last year.

Mergers and acquisitions volume over all sectors involving at least one U.S. party is about half what it was during the same period last year. And overall M&A deal count, which is catching back up, trails the same period in 2019 by about 15%. But by both measures, the subset of these deals involving real estate investment trusts (REITs) is doing better.

The number of M&A deals involving REITs is up by more than ...