In this episode of REIT Talk, Thomas A. Humphreys and Kenneth Kohler discuss mortgage REITs.

The key talking points are: 

• What is the role of Morrison & Foerster in the mortgage REIT sector? 
• What has been the catalyst for the growth in the mortgage REIT sector? Is this likely to continue? 
• Do the levels of distressed mortgages match the number of mortgage REIT IPOs? 
• What is the mix of commercial to residential mortgage REITs? 
• How much capital has the mortgage REIT industry raised? How is it being deployed? 
• A client alert you sent out recently discussed the role of mortgage REITs in mortgage lending business. Can you explain exactly what this means and what is happening to support this? 
• This is a model we have seen before, but didn’t work out, why is this time different? 
• Do mortgage REITs have an advantage over non-REITs and if so, what is the advantage and why? 
• What has been the reaction to the increased number of mortgage REITs from the rest of the REIT industry and its investors?