Real-estate stocks have rallied this year and were returning better than 20% after 11 months, boosted by declining interest rates. The better returns in 2019 come after four straight underwhelming years. Even so, these stocks slightly trailed the S&P 500 index and it will be a challenge for them to climb as high again next year, analysts said, if the stable U.S. economy pushes interest rates up.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 17, 2019 12:00 UTC