In America, real-estate investment trusts (REITS) own just 1% of single-family rentals, compared with 5-10% of offices and warehouses, 15% of housing for old people and 50% of shopping malls.
If you owned shares in a REIT, the easiest way for you to liquidate your position would be to sell your shares to another investor which doesn't require any cash to be liquidated from the assets themselves.
So I mean, when we think about your competitors in this broader landscape, there is obviously digital realty trust when we're thinking about publicly traded REITs here in the data center space.
And Fermi, the data center REIT co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, priced 32.5 million shares at $21 apiece in its IPO, near the top of the expected range.
Residential REITs have experienced a sharp rise in popularity though because people that can't afford to buy a home themselves still want exposure to this market.
Some people are putting savings towards the down payment into REITs because they should provide returns consistent with the residential real estate market so their savings won't be left behind by rising house prices.