Wall Street Journal

Among the big gainers this year from 2008 were hotels, which rose 69%, and regional malls, moving up 64%. Strip retail centers were the worst-faring sector, dropping 0.7% during the year.

One analyst in the Journal article expects REIT returns this year to come in from flat to a 10% gains. The best bets are industrial, self-storage and student housing because of their lack of reliance on the unemployment picture.

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