Residential REIT's

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We rate shares of EQR Overweight based on our positive view of apartment market fundamentals that should drive outsized NOI growth in the next few years....

Avalonbay (NYSE: AVB) Reports FFO of $1.08 vs. $1.05 Estimate

Chapel Hill Foundation Real Estate Holdings, Inc., an entity of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation. Inc., recently renewed its contract with Education Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: EDR), one of the nation's largest developers, owners and managers of collegiate housing, to provide...

Piper Jaffray has lowered its price target on Pentair Inc. (NYSE: PNR) from $48 to $47 and is maintaining an Overweight rating on the stock in light of a strong 1Q. In the report, Piper Jaffray writes, “We maintain our Overweight rating on shares of PNR and are taking up our estimates to reflect a...

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE: AVB) is expected to publish its Q1 earnings results on Wednesday, April 27, after the markets close. Analysts are predicting earnings per share to stand at $1.05, which represents a 9.37% rise on the previous year's level of $0.96. AvalonBay Communities is a real...

1) Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK) Beta- 2.06, Market Cap (Billions)- 10.38B- Autodesk, Inc. (Autodesk) is a design software and services company. The Company serves customers in the architecture, engineering and construction, manufacturing, and digital media and entertainment industries. The Company...

Associated Estates Reports Q1 FFO $0.23 vs. $0.24; Revenues $1.02B vs. $1.05B (NYSE: AEC)

Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Education Realty Trust (NYSE: EDR), maintaining Outperform. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "Management raised the midpoint of core 2011 FFO guidance by $0.02 (5.3%), from $0.36-$0.40 to $0.38-$0.42 per share. We are increasing our 2011 core...

Cusick's Corner I had a great conversation with my dad this afternoon about Perspective & Perception and why it would be a great topic for a Corner -- so here I go. Perspective is how things appear, the reality. What we know is that earnings have been solid, economic data mixed and global...

Education Realty Trust (NYSE: EDR) Reports EPS of $0.13 vs. $0.12 Estimate; Revenues $31.1M vs. $27.88M Estimate

Cusick's Corner Earnings continue to boost the market into the Midday. The Claims data, 403K, did put the brakes on the run from overnight but the market has held. The volume has been lighter than average at this stage but that might be because many desks are clearing out for the long weekend. The...

Shares of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) are higher on the session by 0.30%, trading at $57.57. Overall put volume is now running at 59.41x the daily average, with 65% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 7,545 contracts have traded on the session so far. Equity Residential is a real...

KBW is out with its report today on Equity Lifestyle Properties (NYSE: ELS), maintaining Market Perform. In a note to clients, KBW writes, "1Q11 FFO/sh results topped our estimate (and consensus) on lower-than-expected expenses; SSNOI +1.4%, revenue flat, expenses -1.5%. Notably, ELS maintained...

Marc Faber was on Asia Squawkbox Monday morning for much of the show and as he often does he had some interesting things to say. One thing he said several times, which most people don't often think of when they think of him, is that he thinks people should be diversified. It is not surprising that...

Eugene W. Landy, Chairman of the Board of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE: UMH) announced that, on April 6, 2011, the Board of Directors adopted a resolution to increase the size of the Board from 7 to 9 directors and, to fill the resulting vacancies, appointed Mr. Jeffrey Carus as a Class II Director...