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)

 

Thomas M. O’Brien, 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
2 Avenue De Lafayette, 6th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Thomas Reyes, 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, 2007

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

RMR Real Estate Fund

Portfolio of Investments  –  March 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks – 97.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 94.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 10.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

 

66,100

 

$

3,813,309

 

Archstone-Smith Trust

 

600

 

32,568

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

 

105,400

 

1,485,086

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

2,000

 

260,000

 

Equity Residential

 

44,000

 

2,122,120

 

Home Properties, Inc.

 

88,800

 

4,689,528

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

 

5,000

 

281,300

 

UDR, Inc.

 

17,000

 

520,540

 

 

 

 

 

13,204,451

 

Diversified – 24.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Colonial Properties Trust

 

131,700

 

6,014,739

 

Cousins Properties, Inc.

 

10,100

 

331,886

 

Crescent Real Estate Equities Co.

 

352,500

 

7,071,150

 

Duke Realty Corp.

 

7,000

 

304,290

 

iStar Financial, Inc.

 

6,000

 

280,980

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

358,800

 

7,581,444

 

Liberty Property Trust

 

24,000

 

1,169,280

 

Mission West Properties, Inc.

 

5,000

 

72,300

 

National Retail Properties, Inc.

 

338,700

 

8,193,153

 

Spirit Finance Corp.

 

17,500

 

260,750

 

Vornado Realty Trust

 

14,000

 

1,670,760

 

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

 

300

 

11,226

 

 

 

 

 

32,961,958

 

Health Care – 14.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Cogdell Spencer, Inc.

 

15,000

 

316,050

 

Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

 

19,080

 

687,453

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

162,600

 

7,138,140

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

 

16,200

 

604,260

 

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

 

20,900

 

307,021

 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

 

257,600

 

8,052,576

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

90,200

 

1,546,930

 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

 

13,000

 

464,750

 

 

 

 

 

19,117,180

 

Hospitality – 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

 

2,500

 

29,850

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc.

 

60,000

 

669,000

 

Entertainment Properties Trust

 

22,000

 

1,325,500

 

Equity Inns, Inc.

 

11,000

 

180,180

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc.

 

17,000

 

441,490

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust

 

6,100

 

71,858

 

Highland Hospitality Corp.

 

7,000

 

124,600

 

LaSalle Hotel Properties

 

3,200

 

148,352

 

Supertel Hospitality, Inc.

 

161,000

 

1,228,430

 

 

 

 

 

4,219,260

 

Industrial – 9.6%

 

 

 

 

 

AMB Property Corp.

 

4,000

 

235,160

 

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.

 

47,500

 

561,925

 

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

 

21,400

 

1,092,042

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

 

209,640

 

9,496,692

 

ProLogis

 

21,000

 

1,363,530

 

 

 

 

 

12,749,349

 

Manufactured Homes – 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Communities, Inc.

 

75,900

 

2,354,418

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Mortgage – 9.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Abingdon Investment, Ltd. (a)

 

550,000

 

$

5,225,000

 

Alesco Financial, Inc.

 

558,600

 

4,865,406

 

American Home Mortgage Investment Corp.

 

10,000

 

269,900

 

American Mortgage Acceptance Co.

 

22,800

 

203,832

 

Anthracite Capital, Inc.

 

2,000

 

24,000

 

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

 

1,200

 

36,528

 

CBRE Realty Finance, Inc.

 

5,000

 

66,150

 

Crystal River Capital, Inc.

 

26,800

 

719,312

 

Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp.

 

3,000

 

44,970

 

HomeBanc Corp.

 

12,500

 

43,625

 

KKR Financial Corp.

 

15,500

 

425,165

 

New Century Financial Corp.

 

12,000

 

12,720

 

Newcastle Investment Corp.

 

21,600

 

598,968

 

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.

 

10,000

 

152,100

 

NovaStar Financial, Inc.

 

45,500

 

227,500

 

Thornburg Mortgage, Inc.

 

3,500

 

91,000

 

 

 

 

 

13,006,176

 

Office – 7.3%

 

 

 

 

 

American Financial Realty Trust

 

231,100

 

2,329,488

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

13,000

 

1,526,200

 

Brandywine Realty Trust

 

15,400

 

514,514

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust

 

11,500

 

525,320

 

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

 

12,500

 

319,125

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

55,000

 

2,171,950

 

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

 

11,000

 

523,930

 

Maguire Properties, Inc.

 

48,000

 

1,706,880

 

Parkway Properties, Inc.

 

400

 

20,900

 

 

 

 

 

9,638,307

 

Other Financial Services – 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Friedman Billings Ramsey Group, Inc.

 

5,000

 

27,600

 

Retail – 10.4%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

 

33,000

 

1,479,720

 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.

 

5,000

 

81,000

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

 

2,000

 

125,800

 

Equity One, Inc.

 

10,000

 

265,000

 

Feldman Mall Properties, Inc.

 

3,000

 

36,420

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

109,400

 

2,955,988

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

 

3,000

 

146,220

 

New Plan Excel Realty Trust

 

184,780

 

6,103,283

 

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

 

12,000

 

531,960

 

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

 

3,000

 

107,130

 

Realty Income Corp.

 

18,200

 

513,240

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

12,000

 

1,335,000

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.

 

8,900

 

174,084

 

 

 

 

 

13,854,845

 

Specialty – 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Getty Realty Corp.

 

32,600

 

936,924

 

Resource Capital Corp.

 

22,500

 

363,150

 

 

 

 

 

1,300,074

 

Storage – 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Public Storage, Inc.

 

3,000

 

284,010

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

 

50,000

 

2,770,500

 

U-Store-It Trust

 

5,000

 

100,600

 

 

 

 

 

3,155,110

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $107,371,580)

 

 

 

125,588,728

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Other – 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

American Capital Strategies, Ltd.

 

23,500

 

$

1,041,285

 

IndyMac Bancorp, Inc.

 

8,000

 

256,400

 

Iowa Telecommunication Services, Inc.

 

50,500

 

1,010,000

 

MCG Capital Corp.

 

11,000

 

206,360

 

Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc. (b)

 

24,600

 

215,250

 

Seaspan Corp.

 

48,200

 

1,291,278

 

Total Other (Cost $3,339,574)

 

 

 

4,020,573

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $110,711,154)

 

 

 

129,609,301

 

Preferred Stocks – 33.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 33.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series G

 

32,800

 

848,536

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series T

 

60,000

 

1,522,800

 

 

 

 

 

2,371,336

 

Diversified – 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series D

 

10,000

 

257,600

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series E

 

62,910

 

1,591,623

 

 

 

 

 

1,849,223

 

Health Care – 6.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care REIT, Inc., Series G

 

20,000

 

635,200

 

LTC Properties, Inc., Series F

 

160,000

 

4,080,000

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D

 

160,000

 

4,128,000

 

 

 

 

 

8,843,200

 

Hospitality – 12.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series A

 

107,900

 

2,762,240

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A

 

28,000

 

686,000

 

Equity Inns, Inc., Series B

 

34,000

 

876,520

 

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

 

83,000

 

2,140,570

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series C

 

49,200

 

1,251,648

 

Innkeepers USA Trust, Series C

 

120,000

 

3,013,200

 

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B

 

54,500

 

1,387,297

 

Winston Hotels, Inc., Series B

 

160,000

 

3,744,000

 

 

 

 

 

15,861,475

 

Manufactured Homes – 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Affordable Residential Communities, Series A

 

280,000

 

7,112,000

 

Mortgage – 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Anthracite Capital, Inc., Series D

 

24,000

 

568,800

 

RAIT Investment Trust, Series A

 

125,000

 

2,937,500

 

 

 

 

 

3,506,300

 

Office – 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust, Series J

 

4,000

 

101,800

 

Kilroy Realty Corp., Series F

 

30,000

 

768,300

 

 

 

 

 

870,100

 

Retail – 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Series B

 

20,000

 

1,008,200

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series F

 

20,000

 

511,400

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G

 

50,000

 

1,265,000

 

The Mills Corp., Series E

 

7,100

 

186,091

 

The Mills Corp., Series G

 

17,000

 

444,550

 

 

 

 

 

3,415,241

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $42,235,713)

 

 

 

43,828,875

 

Short-Term Investments – 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Other Investment Companies – 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA Money Market Fund, 4.98% (d) (Cost $8,138,330)

 

8,138,330

 

8,138,330

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Total Investments – 137.0% (Cost $161,085,197) (e)

 

$

181,576,506

 

Other assets less liabilities – 0.7%

 

908,000

 

Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (37.7)%

 

(50,000,000

)

Net Assets applicable to common shareholders – 100%

 

$

132,484,506

 

 


Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a)

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

(b)

As of March 31, 2007, this security had not paid a distribution.

(c)

Convertible into common stock.

(d)

Rate reflects 7 day yield as of March 31, 2007.

(e)

Although subject to adjustments to the extent 2007 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, 2007 are as follows:

 

Cost

 

$

161,085,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

23,876,126

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(3,384,817

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

20,491,309

 

 

 

Reference should be made to the Fund’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006, for further information concerning the income tax characterization of the Fund’s investment income and distributions.

 



 

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/ Thomas M. O’Brien

 

 

Thomas M. O’Brien

 

President

 

 

Date:

May 8, 2007

 

 

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/ Thomas M. O’Brien

 

 

Thomas M. O’Brien

 

President

 

 

Date:

May 8, 2007

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

Mark L. Kleifges

 

Treasurer

 

 

Date:

May 8, 2007