Close to Home: Why U.S. Investors Want U.S. Hotels

JLL Real Views | March 1, 2017

by Laura Agadoni If 2016 was all about overseas money flowing into the U.S. hotels sector then 2017 could well be the year of the domestic investor. With the U.S. economy performing strongly and hotel occupancy in the country reaching a new record in 2016 despite increases in supply, U.S. investors are taking a keen interest in assets closer to home. Domestic private equity funds and real estate investment trusts (REITs) stand to be quick off the mark to step up their investment activity. "Hotel real estate investment trusts have seen a resurgence in their share prices, up about 20 percent just in the last few months. And in years when...