UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-21241

 

 

RMR REAL ESTATE FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

400 CENTRE STREET
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS

 

02458

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Adam D. Portnoy, President
RMR Real Estate Fund
400 Centre Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02458

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

 

Brian D. O’Sullivan

State Street Bank and Trust Company

801 Pennsylvania Ave, Tower II, 4th Floor

Kansas City, Missouri 64102

 

Elizabeth Watson, Esq.

State Street Bank and Trust Company

2 Avenue De Lafayette, 6th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(617) 332-9530

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2008

 

 



 

RMR Real Estate Fund

Portfolio of Investments – March 31, 2008 (unaudited)

 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks – 108.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 100.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 12.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

 

14,615

 

$

523,363

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

 

40,000

 

457,600

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

14,000

 

1,351,280

 

BRE Properties, Inc.

 

10,000

 

455,600

 

Equity Residential

 

49,000

 

2,033,010

 

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

 

6,000

 

683,880

 

Home Properties, Inc.

 

88,800

 

4,261,512

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

 

5,000

 

249,200

 

Post Properties, Inc.

 

5,000

 

193,100

 

 

 

 

 

10,208,545

 

Diversified – 21.7%

 

 

 

 

 

CapLease, Inc.

 

56,000

 

435,120

 

Colonial Properties Trust

 

10,000

 

240,500

 

Duke Realty Corp.

 

70,000

 

1,596,700

 

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.

 

7,500

 

123,675

 

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

 

3,000

 

42,960

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

383,800

 

5,530,558

 

Liberty Property Trust

 

29,000

 

902,190

 

Mission West Properties, Inc.

 

5,000

 

47,250

 

National Retail Properties, Inc.

 

352,700

 

7,777,035

 

Vornado Realty Trust

 

19,000

 

1,637,990

 

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

 

300

 

10,026

 

 

 

 

 

18,344,004

 

Health Care – 25.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Cogdell Spencer, Inc.

 

16,500

 

259,380

 

HCP, Inc.

 

39,080

 

1,321,295

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

162,600

 

7,338,138

 

LTC Properties, Inc.

 

20,000

 

514,200

 

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

 

94,520

 

1,069,966

 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

 

257,600

 

8,694,000

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

96,000

 

1,666,560

 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

 

13,000

 

432,900

 

 

 

 

 

21,296,439

 

Hospitality – 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

 

185,500

 

1,053,640

 

Entertainment Properties Trust

 

22,000

 

1,085,260

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc.

 

17,000

 

204,510

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust

 

129,300

 

1,167,579

 

LaSalle Hotel Properties

 

17,200

 

494,156

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

 

25,000

 

400,250

 

Supertel Hospitality, Inc.

 

161,000

 

853,300

 

 

 

 

 

5,258,695

 

Industrial – 10.3%

 

 

 

 

 

AMB Property Corp.

 

4,000

 

217,680

 

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.

 

64,500

 

642,420

 

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

 

14,000

 

650,440

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

 

211,240

 

6,525,204

 

ProLogis

 

11,000

 

647,460

 

 

 

 

 

8,683,204

 

Manufactured Homes – 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Communities, Inc.

 

75,900

 

1,555,950

 

Mortgage – 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Alesco Financial, Inc.

 

19,000

 

54,720

 

Anthracite Capital, Inc.

 

2,000

 

13,200

 

 

 

 

 

67,920

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks – continued

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – continued

 

 

 

 

 

Office – 11.9%

 

 

 

 

 

American Financial Realty Trust

 

309,100

 

$

2,454,254

 

Brandywine Realty Trust

 

102,400

 

1,736,704

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust

 

15,500

 

520,955

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

55,000

 

1,708,850

 

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

 

26,500

 

946,315

 

Maguire Properties, Inc.

 

48,000

 

686,880

 

Parkway Properties, Inc.

 

55,000

 

2,032,800

 

 

 

 

 

10,086,758

 

Retail – 7.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.

 

75,000

 

876,000

 

Equity One, Inc.

 

10,000

 

239,700

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

109,400

 

1,308,424

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

 

5,000

 

195,850

 

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

 

12,000

 

292,680

 

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

 

9,000

 

189,990

 

Realty Income Corp.

 

54,600

 

1,398,852

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

15,000

 

1,393,650

 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

 

5,000

 

192,350

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.

 

8,900

 

139,997

 

 

 

 

 

6,227,493

 

Specialty – 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Getty Realty Corp.

 

32,600

 

519,318

 

Storage – 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Public Storage, Inc.

 

3,000

 

265,860

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

 

32,700

 

1,396,617

 

U-Store-It Trust

 

65,000

 

736,450

 

 

 

 

 

2,398,927

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $90,183,999)

 

 

 

84,647,253

 

Other – 8.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Abingdon Investment, Ltd. (a)

 

550,000

 

3,322,000

 

American Capital Strategies, Ltd.

 

23,500

 

802,760

 

Brookfield Properties Corp.

 

10,000

 

193,100

 

Iowa Telecommunication Services, Inc.

 

50,500

 

895,365

 

MCG Capital Corp.

 

41,000

 

372,690

 

Seaspan Corp.

 

48,200

 

1,373,218

 

Total Other (Cost $9,014,638)

 

 

 

6,959,133

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $99,198,637)

 

 

 

91,606,386

 

Preferred Stocks – 41.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 34.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series G

 

32,800

 

803,272

 

Diversified – 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series D

 

60,000

 

1,464,000

 

Duke Realty Corp., Series O

 

8,000

 

196,800

 

 

 

 

 

1,660,800

 

Health Care – 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care REIT, Inc., Series G

 

20,000

 

650,000

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D

 

160,000

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

4,650,000

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Preferred Stocks – continued

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – continued

 

 

 

 

 

Hospitality – 21.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series A

 

107,900

 

$

1,996,150

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series D

 

100,000

 

1,820,000

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A

 

28,000

 

280,000

 

Entertainment Properties Trust, Series D

 

111,800

 

2,267,304

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series A (b)

 

83,000

 

1,638,420

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series C

 

39,600

 

778,140

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Series A

 

92,000

 

1,978,000

 

LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series D

 

100,000

 

2,152,000

 

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series A

 

75,000

 

1,413,750

 

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B

 

64,500

 

1,240,980

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Series A

 

129,100

 

2,420,625

 

 

 

 

 

17,985,369

 

Industrial – 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Series J

 

20,000

 

413,000

 

Office – 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust, Series H

 

2,000

 

47,660

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust, Series J

 

22,000

 

520,190

 

Kilroy Realty Corp., Series E

 

500

 

10,952

 

Kilroy Realty Corp., Series F

 

30,000

 

635,700

 

 

 

 

 

1,214,502

 

Retail – 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc., Series A

 

88,600

 

2,048,432

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series F

 

20,000

 

374,600

 

 

 

 

 

2,423,032

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $33,795,564)

 

 

 

29,149,975

 

Other – 6.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Hilltop Holdings, Inc., Series A

 

280,000

 

5,891,200

 

Total Other (Cost $6,016,675)

 

 

 

5,891,200

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $39,812,239)

 

 

 

35,041,175

 

Other Investment Companies – 9.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund

 

126,200

 

2,031,820

 

Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty Fund, Inc.

 

31,950

 

493,947

 

Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred Income Fund, Inc.

 

38,426

 

745,464

 

Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc.

 

2,500

 

14,575

 

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II

 

30,100

 

513,205

 

LMP Real Estate Income Fund, Inc.

 

80,160

 

1,177,550

 

Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund, Inc.

 

150,731

 

1,563,081

 

The Zweig Total Return Fund, Inc.

 

220,568

 

1,023,436

 

Ultra Real Estate ProShares

 

400

 

13,004

 

Total Other Investment Companies (Cost $9,642,698)

 

 

 

7,576,082

 

Rights – 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

MCG Capital Corp., expiring 04/18/2008 (c) (Cost $0)

 

5,857

 

6,267

 

Total Investments – 158.7% (Cost $148,653,574) (d)

 

 

 

134,229,910

 

Other assets less liabilities – 0.4%

 

 

 

342,687

 

Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (59.1)%

 

 

 

(50,000,000

)

Net Assets applicable to common shareholders – 100%

 

 

 

$

84,572,597

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 


Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a)

 

144A securities. Securities restricted for resale to Qualified Institutional Buyers (3.9% of net assets).

(b)

 

Convertible into common stock.

(c)

 

As of March 31, 2008, this security had not paid a distribution.

(d)

 

Although subject to adjustments to the extent 2008 distributions by the issuers of the Fund’s investments are characterized as return of capital, the cost, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of the Fund’s investments for federal income tax purposes, as of March 31, 2008, are as follows:

 

Cost

 

$

148,653,574

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

9,514,188

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(23,937,852

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(14,423,664

)

 

 

 

Reference should be made to the Fund’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007, for further information concerning the income tax characterization of the Fund’s investment income and distributions.

 



 

Information regarding FAS 157

 

The Fund has adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, or FAS 157, effective January 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. FAS 157 established a three tier hierarchy to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value including such a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

·                  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

·                  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, credit risk, etc.)

·                  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The valuation techniques used by the Fund to measure fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2008, maximized the use of observable inputs and minimized the use of unobservable inputs. The Fund utilized broker quotes, company financial information and other market indicators to value the securities whose prices were not readily available.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Level 1 - Quoted prices

 

$

130,627,910

 

Level 2 - Other significant observable inputs

 

280,000

 

Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs

 

3,322,000

 

Total

 

$

134,229,910

 

 

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

 

 

Investments in
Securities
Characterized
as Level 3

 

Balance, as of 12/31/07

 

$

4,378,000

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

Realized gain/loss and change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

(1,056,000

)

Net purchases/sales

 

 

Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3

 

 

Balance, as of 03/31/08

 

$

3,322,000

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments still held as of 03/31/08

 

$

(1,056,000

)

 



 

Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)  The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(b)  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Certification of Principal Executive Officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act.

(a)(2) Certification of Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

RMR REAL ESTATE FUND

 

By:

/s/ Adam D. Portnoy

 

 

Adam D. Portnoy

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 27, 2008

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By:

/s/ Adam D. Portnoy

 

 

Adam D. Portnoy

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 27, 2008

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

Date:

May 27, 2008