Double Digit REITS

The VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (ARCA: MORT) is down roughly 31% year-to-date, as a series of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve has sent a shock through real estate-related industries. Mortgage REITs allow investors to join the real estate market without owning the physical...

As real estate investment trusts (REITs) are required to distribute 90% of their taxable income to shareholders through dividend payments, and the rise in interest rates should prove to be a positive catalyst. Since mortgage rates have increased to 6%, REITs will have an upper hand in reeling in...