NEW YORK, June 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reis, Inc. (Nasdaq:REIS) ("Reis" or the "Company"), a leading provider of commercial real estate market information and analytical tools, announced today that it is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000® Index, the small-cap Russell 2000® Index and the Russell Global Index when Russell Investments reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes at the close of markets on June 28th.
Annual reconstitution of Russell's U.S. indexes captures the 4,000 largest U.S. stocks as of the end of May, ranking them by total market capitalization. Qualifying membership in these Russell indexes is reviewed annually. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.
"We are very pleased to be included in the Russell indexes," said Lloyd Lynford, Reis's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We believe that our inclusion will encourage many investors to take a look at the Reis story for the first time, or to reexamine Reis's business in light of the strong growth we have enjoyed in recent years. Historically, being included in the Russell indexes has often enhanced liquidity of a company's equity and we are optimistic that as a larger number of institutional and retail investors acquaint themselves with Reis's growth prospects, they will be positively inclined to invest in our company."
About Russell
Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. Approximately $4.1 trillion in assets are benchmarked to the Russell Indexes. Russell calculates more than 700,000 benchmarks daily covering approximately 98 percent of the investable market globally, more than 80 countries and 10,000 securities. Total returns data for the Russell 3000 and other Russell Indexes is available at http://www.russell.com/Indexes/performance/default.asp">http://www.russell.com/Indexes/performance/default.asp.
About Reis
Reis's primary business is providing commercial real estate market information and analytical tools for its subscribers, through its Reis Services subsidiary. Reis Services, including its predecessors, was founded in 1980. Reis maintains a proprietary database containing detailed information on commercial properties in metropolitan markets and neighborhoods throughout the U.S. The database contains information on apartment, office, retail, warehouse/distribution, flex/research and development and self storage properties and is used by real estate investors, lenders and other professionals to make informed buying, selling and financing decisions. In addition, Reis data is used by debt and equity investors to assess, quantify and manage the risks of default and loss associated with individual mortgages, properties, portfolios and real estate backed securities. Reis currently provides its information services to many of the nation's leading lending institutions, equity investors, brokers and appraisers.
Reis, through its flagship institutional product, Reis SE, and through its small business product, ReisReports, provides online access to a proprietary database of commercial real estate information and analytical tools designed to facilitate debt and equity transactions as well as ongoing asset and portfolio evaluations. Depending on the product, users have access to market trends and forecasts at metropolitan and neighborhood levels throughout the U.S. and/or detailed building-specific information such as rents, vacancy rates, lease terms, property sales, new construction listings and property valuation estimates. Reis's products are designed to meet the demand for timely and accurate information to support the decision-making of property owners, developers, builders, banks and non-bank lenders, equity investors and service providers. These real estate professionals require access to timely information on both the performance and pricing of assets, including detailed data on market transactions, supply, absorption, rents and sale prices. This information is critical to all aspects of valuing assets and financing their acquisition, development and construction.
For more information regarding Reis's products and services, visit www.reis.com and www.ReisReports.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may relate to Reis's or management's outlook or expectations for Reis's business, operations or performance, as well as the performance of Reis's common stock. Forward-looking statements reflect management's judgment based on currently available information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements. Please refer to Reis's annual, quarterly and periodic reports on file with the SEC for a more detailed discussion of various risks that could cause results to differ materially.