{"id":1004104777,"date":"2014-10-01T11:30:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004104777"},"modified":"2022-12-07T00:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T08:18:01","slug":"improving-fundamentals-support-stable-outlook-for-lodging-reits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/improving-fundamentals-support-stable-outlook-for-lodging-reits\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Fundamentals Support Stable Outlook for Lodging REITs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/Bisono_Griselda-02_07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004104778\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/improving-fundamentals-support-stable-outlook-for-lodging-reits\/moodys-headshots-101906\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/Bisono_Griselda-02_07.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"200,210\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brad Hamilton&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a92006 Brad Hamilton. All Rights Reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Moody&#039;s Headshots 10\/19\/06&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Griselda Bisono\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/Bisono_Griselda-02_07.jpg?w=200\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1004104778\" alt=\"Griselda Bisono\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/Bisono_Griselda-02_07.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>By Griselda Bisono, Assistant Vice President &amp; Analyst, Commercial Real Estate Finance, Moody\u2019s Investors Service<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. lodging industry remains healthy, as its fundamentals continue on a positive trajectory. \u00a0Occupancy, average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) for the sector have climbed to all-time highs, long departing the bottoms they reached in 2009.\u00a0 According to Smith Travel Research, these measures should continue to improve throughout 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Growth in both transient and group business has contributed to the improvement, with group business starting to increase more recently. Also beneficial is that development has remained limited, with expansion in the supply of existing hotel rooms at less than 1 percent versus a year ago (as of August 2014).<\/p>\n<p>The lodging REITs have been pruning their portfolios over the past two to three years, becoming net sellers of real estate during this period.\u00a0 Most notably, Moody\u2019s-rated REITs have been reducing their exposure to non-core hotels in airport and suburban locations, particularly in secondary and tertiary markets.\u00a0 In addition, the REITs have improved their asset quality overall, with most focusing on renovating older assets; in some instances, the renovations have been quite extensive and have led to rebranding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/REIT-chart_cap-markets-100114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004104779\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/improving-fundamentals-support-stable-outlook-for-lodging-reits\/reit-chart_cap-markets-100114\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/REIT-chart_cap-markets-100114.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"747,474\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"REIT chart_cap markets 100114\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/REIT-chart_cap-markets-100114.jpg?w=747\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1004104779\" alt=\"REIT chart_cap markets 100114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/REIT-chart_cap-markets-100114.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/REIT-chart_cap-markets-100114.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/10\/REIT-chart_cap-markets-100114.jpg?resize=300,190 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Positively, these improvements have usually been done in a leverage neutral way. The REITs have generally used internally generated cash flow or a prudent mix of debt and equity capital. In some cases, the REITs have been able to reduce leverage and improve their overall cost of capital. REITs that have accomplished this include Host Hotels &amp; Resorts Inc. and Felcor Lodging Trust Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The stable outlook for the lodging REITs considers the sector\u2019s strong fundamentals as well as its newer assets, which should allow companies to push up both occupancy and rate over the next 12 months.\u00a0 The likelihood of fundamentals improving further, coupled with the slower growth in supply, suggests a more protracted cycle than in the past.\u00a0 By 2015, we expect ADR and RevPAR growth in the mid-single digits, with a more modest gain in occupancy of less than 1 percent. The biggest risk factors in the sector today are an unexpected slowdown in U.S. GDP growth, additional fiscal tightening in the U.S. or any dramatic political or monetary shifts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Griselda Bisono, Assistant Vice President &amp; Analyst, Commercial Real Estate Finance, Moody\u2019s Investors Service: The U.S. lodging industry remains healthy, as its fundamentals continue on a positive trajectory. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1077,"featured_media":1004104778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37774,37775,21751,37776,37777,37778],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004104777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rc-dividend-yield","category-rc-forward-affo-payout-ratios","category-hotel","category-rc-premium-discount-to-nav","category-rc-price-ltm-ffo","category-rc-total-return"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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