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:

 

Hugh Carter

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:

September 30, 2006

 

 



Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

RMR Real Estate Fund

Portfolio of Investments – September 30, 2006 (unaudited)

 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks – 99.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 97.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 9.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

 

30,100

 

$

1,637,741

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

 

100,400

 

1,553,188

 

BNP Residential Properties, Inc.

 

200,000

 

4,750,000

 

Home Properties, Inc.

 

69,800

 

3,989,768

 

United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.

 

8,000

 

241,600

 

 

 

 

 

12,172,297

 

Diversified – 22.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Centracore Properties Trust

 

28,050

 

890,587

 

Colonial Properties Trust

 

127,000

 

6,071,870

 

Cousins Properties, Inc.

 

10,100

 

345,521

 

Crescent Real Estate Equities Co.

 

369,500

 

8,058,795

 

Duke Realty Corp.

 

5,000

 

186,750

 

iStar Financial, Inc.

 

6,000

 

250,200

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

227,400

 

4,816,332

 

Liberty Property Trust

 

22,000

 

1,051,380

 

National Retail Properties, Inc.

 

310,700

 

6,711,120

 

Newkirk Realty Trust, Inc.

 

8,000

 

131,840

 

Spirit Finance Corp.

 

17,500

 

203,175

 

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

 

300

 

11,940

 

 

 

 

 

28,729,510

 

Health Care – 13.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Cogdell Spencer, Inc.

 

15,000

 

311,250

 

Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

 

19,080

 

592,434

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

158,600

 

6,345,586

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

 

11,200

 

430,192

 

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

 

20,900

 

279,851

 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

 

257,600

 

6,888,224

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

85,200

 

1,278,852

 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

 

7,000

 

250,950

 

 

 

 

 

16,377,339

 

Hospitality – 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

 

2,500

 

29,825

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc.

 

60,000

 

558,000

 

Entertainment Properties Trust

 

22,000

 

1,085,040

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust

 

6,100

 

58,560

 

Highland Hospitality Corp.

 

7,000

 

100,310

 

 

 

 

 

1,831,735

 

Industrial – 8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

 

4,400

 

219,384

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

 

209,640

 

9,224,160

 

ProLogis

 

11,000

 

627,660

 

 

 

 

 

10,071,204

 

Manufactured Homes – 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Communities, Inc.

 

73,900

 

2,361,844

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks – continued

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – continued

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage – 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

American Mortgage Acceptance Co.

 

23,500

 

$

423,940

 

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

 

1,200

 

30,672

 

Crystal River Capital, Inc. (a)

 

16,800

 

384,384

 

KKR Financial Corp.

 

2,000

 

49,080

 

New Century Financial Corp.

 

5,000

 

196,550

 

Newcastle Investment Corp.

 

17,600

 

482,416

 

NovaStar Financial, Inc.

 

24,000

 

700,560

 

Thornburg Mortgage, Inc.

 

5,000

 

127,350

 

 

 

 

 

2,394,952

 

Office – 14.0%

 

 

 

 

 

American Financial Realty Trust

 

14,100

 

157,356

 

Columbia Equity Trust, Inc.

 

3,000

 

49,950

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust

 

11,500

 

514,740

 

Equity Office Properties Trust

 

140,000

 

5,566,400

 

Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc.

 

293,000

 

7,538,890

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

55,000

 

2,046,550

 

Maguire Properties, Inc.

 

46,000

 

1,874,040

 

 

 

 

 

17,747,926

 

Other Financial Services – —%

 

 

 

 

 

Friedman Billings Ramsey Group, Inc.

 

5,000

 

40,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail – 13.7%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

 

16,000

 

670,560

 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.

 

5,000

 

80,850

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

88,400

 

2,190,552

 

Heritage Property Investment Trust

 

198,600

 

7,240,956

 

New Plan Excel Realty Trust

 

187,780

 

5,079,449

 

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

 

10,000

 

425,700

 

Realty Income Corp.

 

21,200

 

523,852

 

Taubman Centers, Inc.

 

6,000

 

266,520

 

The Mills Corp.

 

45,100

 

753,621

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.

 

6,800

 

123,556

 

 

 

 

 

17,355,616

 

Specialty – 8.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Alesco Financial Trust (b)

 

500,000

 

5,500,000

 

Getty Realty Corp.

 

32,600

 

954,528

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

 

332,200

 

4,155,822

 

 

 

 

 

10,610,350

 

Storage – 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

 

50,000

 

2,777,500

 

U-Store-It Trust

 

5,000

 

107,300

 

 

 

 

 

2,884,800

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $100,325,575)

 

 

 

122,577,723

 

Other – 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

American Capital Strategies, Ltd.

 

36,000

 

1,420,920

 

Iowa Telecommunication Services, Inc.

 

55,500

 

1,098,345

 

Seaspan Corp.

 

48,200

 

1,083,536

 

Total Other (Cost $3,057,372)

 

 

 

3,602,801

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $103,382,947)

 

 

 

126,180,524

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 

Company

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Preferred Stocks – 34.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts – 34.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartments – 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series G

 

32,800

 

$

869,856

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series T

 

60,000

 

1,522,800

 

 

 

 

 

2,392,656

 

Diversified – 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series D

 

10,000

 

259,900

 

Colonial Properties Trust, Series E

 

62,910

 

1,594,769

 

 

 

 

 

1,854,669

 

Health Care – 6.9%

 

 

 

 

 

LTC Properties, Inc., Series F

 

160,000

 

4,011,200

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D

 

160,000

 

4,188,800

 

Windrose Medical Properties Trust, Series A (c)

 

20,000

 

560,000

 

 

 

 

 

8,760,000

 

Hospitality – 12.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series A

 

107,900

 

2,778,425

 

Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A

 

28,000

 

718,480

 

Equity Inns, Inc., Series B

 

34,000

 

887,400

 

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

 

83,000

 

2,067,530

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series C

 

49,200

 

1,225,572

 

Innkeepers USA Trust, Series C

 

120,000

 

3,038,400

 

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B

 

54,500

 

1,419,725

 

Winston Hotels, Inc., Series B

 

160,000

 

4,017,600

 

 

 

 

 

16,153,132

 

Manufactured Homes – 5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Affordable Residential Communities, Series A

 

280,000

 

6,657,000

 

Mortgage – 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

New Century Financial Corp., Series A

 

20,000

 

490,000

 

RAIT Investment Trust, Series A

 

125,000

 

3,068,750

 

 

 

 

 

3,558,750

 

Office – 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Series B

 

5,000

 

126,700

 

Kilroy Realty Corp., Series F

 

30,000

 

760,800

 

 

 

 

 

887,500

 

Retail – 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Series B

 

20,000

 

1,031,100

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series F

 

20,000

 

507,200

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G

 

50,000

 

1,254,500

 

The Mills Corp., Series E

 

7,100

 

147,254

 

The Mills Corp., Series G

 

17,000

 

329,970

 

 

 

 

 

3,270,024

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $42,159,667)

 

 

 

43,533,731

 

Short-Term Investments – 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Other Investment Companies – 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

SSgA Money Market Fund, 4.95% (d) (Cost $3,642,919)

 

3,642,919

 

3,642,919

 

Total Investments – 137.2% (Cost $149,185,533) (e)

 

 

 

173,357,174

 

Other assets less liabilities – 2.4%

 

 

 

3,007,658

 

Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (39.6)%

 

 

 

(50,000,000

)

Net Assets applicable to common shareholders – 100%

 

 

 

$

126,364,832

 

 

See notes to portfolio of investments.

 



 


Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a)

 

Non-income producing security as first dividend paid subsequent to September 30, 2006.

(b)

 

144A securities. Securities restricted for resale to Qualified Institutional Buyers. On October 6, 2006, Alesco Financial Trust merged with Sunset Financial Resources to form Alesco Financial, Inc and the security ceased to be a restricted 144A security.

(c)

 

Convertible into common stock.

(d)

 

Rate reflects 7 day yield as of September 30, 2006.

(e)

 

Although subject to adjustments to the extent 2006 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 September 30, 2006, are as follows:

 

Cost

 

$

149,185,533

 

 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

26,870,232

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(2,698,591

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

24,171,641

 

 

 

 

Reference should be made to the Fund’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005, and six months ended June 30, 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:

 

November 16, 2006

 

 

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:

 

November 16, 2006

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

 

Mark L. Kleifges

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

Date:

 

November 16, 2006