Edgar Filing: RMR F.I.R.E. Fund

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

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-21616

RMR F.I.R.E. FUND
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

400 CENTRE STREET
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02458
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)		Copy to:
Adam D. Portnoy, President RMR F.I.R.E. Fund 400 Centre Street Newton, Massachusetts 02458		Thomas A. DeCapo, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP One Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Julie Tedesco, Esq. State Street Bank and Trust Company 4 Copley Place, 5^th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 332-9530 Date of fiscal year end: December 31 Date of reporting period: December 31, 2008

Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.

ANNUAL REPORTS
DECEMBER 31, 2008

RMR Real Estate Fund

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund

RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund

RMR Asia Real Estate Fund

RMR Dividend Capture Fund

ABOUT INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT:

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PERFORMANCE DATA IS HISTORICAL AND REFLECTS HISTORICAL EXPENSES AND HISTORICAL CHANGES IN NET ASSET VALUE, AS WELL AS FLUCTUATIONS IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE FUNDS' INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS. HISTORICAL RESULTS ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. RECENT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE AMOUNT OF NET ASSETS IN AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF THE FUNDS ADD EMPHASIS TO THIS PRINCIPLE AND PRESENT SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR HISTORICAL RESULTS.

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IF RMR ADVISORS HAD NOT WAIVED FEES OR PAID ALL OF EACH FUND'S ORGANIZATIONAL COSTS AND A PORTION OF EACH FUND'S OFFERING COSTS, EACH FUND'S RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN REDUCED.

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EACH FUND IS A CLOSED END INVESTMENT COMPANY WHOSE COMMON SHARES ARE TRADED ON A NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE. INVESTORS MAY NOT PURCHASE SHARES DIRECTLY FROM ANY FUND. PLEASE CONSIDER THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, RISKS, CHARGES AND EXPENSES BEFORE PURCHASING SHARES OF ANY OF THE FUNDS. AN INVESTMENT IN EACH FUND'S SHARES IS SUBJECT TO MATERIAL RISKS.

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RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND RESULTING TURMOIL MAY INCREASE THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH INVESTING IN THE FUNDS. CONSEQUENCES OF THIS ECONOMIC TURMOIL THAT MAY ADVERSELY EFFECT EACH FUND INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS:

•: A DRAMATIC DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE AND SECURITIES ASSOCIATED WITH REAL ESTATE WHICH MAY CONTINUE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD, RESULTING IN A HIGHLY VOLATILE AND UNCERTAIN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR INVESTMENT COMPANIES, SUCH AS THE FUND (AND THE REITS IN WHICH IT INVESTS), THAT FOCUS ITS INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE AND REAL ESTATE RELATED SECURITIES, THUS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE RISK OF INVESTING IN THE FUND;
•: A LACK OF AVAILABLE CREDIT, LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR AND REDUCED BUSINESS ACTIVITY, ALL WHICH COULD MATERIALLY AND ADVERSELY AFFECT THE FUND AND THE REITS AND OTHER SECURITIES IN WHICH IT INVESTS;
•: A FURTHER SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE EQUITY MARKETS IN GENERAL OR IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR OF THE MARKET IN WHICH THE FUND'S ASSETS ARE CONCENTRATED, WHICH HAS REDUCED THE VALUE OF THE FUND'S PORTFOLIO SECURITIES (INCLUDING THE FUND'S REIT INVESTMENTS), WHICH MAY FURTHER REDUCE THE VALUE OF THE FUND'S PORTFOLIO SECURITIES, AND WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MAY LEAD TO THE FUND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE

MINIMUM LEVEL OF ASSET COVERAGE FOR ITS PREFERRED SECURITIES REQUIRED BY THE FUND'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940; AND

•: THE LONGER THESE CONDITIONS PERSIST, THE GREATER THE PROBABILITY THAT THESE FACTORS COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE FUND'S FINANCIAL RESULTS AND CONTINUED VIABILITY.

GIVEN THE VOLATILE NATURE OF THE CURRENT CAPITAL MARKETS DISRUPTION AND THE UNCERTAINTIES UNDERLYING LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY EFFORTS TO MITIGATE OR REVERSE THE DISRUPTION AND RESULTING DECLINE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, EACH FUND AND ITS INVESTMENT ADVISER, RMR ADVISORS, MAY NOT TIMELY ANTICIPATE OR MANAGE EXISTING, NEW OR ADDITIONAL RISKS, CONTINGENCIES OR DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS, IN THE CURRENT OR FUTURE MARKET ENVIRONMENT. SUCH A FAILURE COULD MATERIALLY AND ADVERSELY AFFECT A FUND'S INVESTMENTS AND ITS ABILITY TO MEET ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES.

•: EACH FUND'S DECLARATION OF TRUST CONTAINS PROVISIONS WHICH LIMIT OWNERSHIP OF FUND SHARES BY ANY PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS ACTING TOGETHER AND LIMIT ANY PERSONS ABILITY TO CONTROL A FUND OR TO CONVERT A FUND TO AN OPEN END FUND. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF OUR FUNDS PLEASE VISIT WWW.RMRFUNDS.COM OR CALL OUR INVESTOR RELATIONS GROUP AT (866)-790-8165.

NOTICE CONCERNING LIMITED LIABILITY

THE AGREEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS OF TRUST OF RMR REAL ESTATE FUND, RMR HOSPITALITY AND REAL ESTATE FUND, RMR F.I.R.E. FUND, RMR PREFERRED DIVIDEND FUND, RMR ASIA PACIFIC REAL ESTATE FUND, RMR ASIA REAL ESTATE FUND AND RMR DIVIDEND CAPTURE FUND, COPIES OF WHICH, TOGETHER WITH ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, ARE DULY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, CORPORATIONS DIVISION, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, PROVIDE THAT THE NAMES "RMR REAL ESTATE FUND", "RMR HOSPITALITY AND REAL ESTATE FUND", "RMR F.I.R.E. FUND", "RMR PREFERRED DIVIDEND FUND", "RMR ASIA PACIFIC REAL ESTATE FUND", "RMR ASIA REAL ESTATE FUND" AND "RMR DIVIDEND CAPTURE FUND" REFER TO THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE AGREEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS COLLECTIVELY AS TRUSTEES, BUT NOT INDIVIDUALLY OR PERSONALLY, AND THAT NO TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF ANY OF THE FUNDS SHALL BE HELD TO ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM AGAINST, ANY OF THESE FUNDS. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH ANY OF THE FUNDS IN ANY WAY, SHALL LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF THAT FUND WITH WHICH HE OR SHE MAY DEAL FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.

RMR Funds December 31, 2008
		February 19, 2009

To our shareholders,

Please find our 2008 annual report for our seven closed end funds:

•: RMR Real Estate Fund (NYSE Alternext US: RMR), which began operations in December 2003, beginning on page 2;
•: RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund (NYSE Alternext US: RHR), which began operations in April 2004, beginning on page 22;
•: RMR F.I.R.E. Fund (NYSE Alternext US: RFR), which began operations in November 2004, beginning on page 42;
•: RMR Preferred Dividend Fund (NYSE Alternext US: RDR), which began operations in May 2005, beginning on page 63;
•: RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund (NYSE Alternext US: RAP), which began operations in May 2006, beginning on page 82;
•: RMR Asia Real Estate Fund (NYSE Alternext US: RAF), which began operations in May 2007, beginning on page 99; and
•: RMR Dividend Capture Fund (NYSE Alternext US: RCR), which began operations in December 2007, beginning on page 117.

We invite you to read through the information contained in this report and to view our website at www.rmrfunds.com.

Sincerely,

Adam D. Portnoy
President

RMR Real Estate Fund
December 31, 2008

To our shareholders,

In the pages that follow, you will find data summarizing our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008, and our financial position as of December 31, 2008.

Relevant Market Conditions

Real Estate Industry Fundamentals. 2008 brought with it one of the toughest economic environments since at least the recession of the early 1980s. Increasing home equity values, which had been a major force behind consumer spending growth for the past 15 years, came to a halt as home prices started to decline in 2007. The credit crisis that affected Wall Street in the early part of 2008 quickly spilled over to Main Street and exacerbated the economic downturn. By year end, total job losses for the year stood at 2.8 million, with close to 70% of those losses sustained in the last four months of 2008. As a result, the unemployment rate jumped to 7.2% at 2008 year end, up from 4.8% a year earlier. The National Bureau of Economic Research has recently confirmed that the U.S. economy fell into a recession in December 2007. On average, post-World War II recessions have lasted ten months and none of them have lasted longer than 16 months. This means that the current recession is already longer than average and could possibly be the longest recession since the Great Depression if the economy continues posting a few more quarters of negative growth.

Commercial real estate operating fundamentals, such as occupancy and rental rates, seemed to hold up relatively well throughout most of 2008. However, in the last few months of the year, these fundamentals began to deteriorate markedly because of continued job losses and weaker economic activity. Demand for space across most commercial property types slowed as companies cut production and reduced head count. Vacancy rates started to increase and the level of concessions (incentives given to tenants to take up space) became more prevalent.

Weaker real estate fundamentals have forced many REITs to lower or discontinue dividend payments on their common equity securities in order to preserve capital and strengthen their balance sheets. Approximately one third of the publicly traded REIT universe has either lowered or suspended dividend payments. Several REITs have also opted to pay their distributions in a combination of stock and cash. Some of the companies that have taken this route may be conserving cash to opportunistically take advantage of distressed sellers as operating fundamentals for commercial real estate continue to deteriorate in 2009; however, most REITs are likely preserving capital to deal with upcoming debt maturities because credit availability is seriously limited in the current recession.

One bright spot for commercial real estate may be the supply of new properties. As a result of stricter lending standards, new construction throughout the current economic downturn has been limited. A lower amount of construction may bode well for a quick recovery in real estate operating fundamentals when the economy begins to improve.

Real Estate Industry Technicals. During 2008, the public REIT securities market for common shares was down 38%. REIT stock price performance was quite resilient during the first nine months of the year. However, during October and November as the financial markets spiraled into a complete meltdown, REIT common stocks significantly underperformed the broader markets. The REIT market was down 32% and 24% in each of October and November, respectively.

REITs, previously considered passive investments with consistent returns, stable dividends and low correlation with the broader market, experienced heightened volatility in the last quarter of the year. To put this volatility into perspective, 24 out of the 25 best, and 23 out of the 25 worst, one-day returns for the RMS REIT Index since its inception in 1995 took place in 2008. Both the introduction of new exchange traded funds (ETFs) and a more active participation from momentum investors (hedge funds) have contributed to higher volatility in the REIT market. As a result, REITs' correlation with the S&P 500 Index has doubled to 0.8 from 0.4 in the last four years.

Fund Strategies, Techniques and Performance

Our primary investment objective is to earn and pay a high level of current income to our common shareholders by investing in real estate companies, including REITs. Our secondary investment objective is capital appreciation. There can be no assurances that we will meet our investment objectives.

During the year ended 2008, our total return calculated on net asset value, or NAV (including NAV changes and assuming a hypothetical reinvestment of distributions at NAV), was negative 67.5%. During that same period, the total return for the MSCI US REIT Total Return Index (an unmanaged index of REIT common stocks) was negative 38.0% and the total return for the Merrill Lynch REIT Preferred Index (an unmanaged index of investment grade rated REIT preferred stocks) was negative 9.3%. We believe these two indices are relevant to us because our investments, excluding short term investments, as of December 31, 2008, included 51% REIT common stocks and 41% REIT preferred stocks. The S&P 500 Index (an unmanaged index published as Standard and Poor's Composite Index of 500 common stocks) total return for the year ended December 31, 2008 was negative 36.9%.

The Fund's decline in NAV was larger than the comparative indices primarily because the Fund uses leverage in the form of auction rate securities as part of its investment strategy. This use of leverage enhances our returns in rising or stable market conditions; however, this use of leverage also magnifies losses, especially in rapidly declining market environments such as those experienced during 2008. The Fund also underperformed in 2008 because the majority of its investments in REIT preferred securities consisted of investments in non-rated/below investment grade rated securities. Non-rated/below investment grade REIT preferred securities were down 42.0% during 2008 (as measured by the Wachovia Hybrid & Preferred Securities Below Investment Grade REIT Index). Our holdings in hotel REITs also detracted from the Fund's performance because of the rapid deterioration in hotel operating fundamentals in late 2008. Our investment allocation to health care REITs helped to partially offset the Fund's negative performance because this subsector outperformed other REIT subsectors in 2008.

The large losses which we suffered in 2008 caused us to redeem $39.1 million of the Fund's previous total of $50.0 million of outstanding auction rate securities. The Fund was required to redeem these securities in order to satisfy certain minimum asset coverage ratios for such securities established under applicable law and in our bylaws, and to establish an appropriate asset coverage cushion to mitigate the risk of future failures to satisfy such minimum asset coverage ratios. Unfortunately, the resulting smaller size of the Fund may make it more difficult for the Fund to gain back its lost NAV if and when the market generally recovers.

securities' minimum asset coverage ratios are satisfied. In 2009, the Fund expects to pay quarterly distributions instead of monthly distributions. The Internal Revenue Service has also recently announced that closed end funds are allowed to satisfy their minimum distribution requirements as a registered investment company in 2009 through the partial payment of distributions in stock. The amounts and form of any future distributions will be announced near the end of each calendar quarter. Nevertheless, the annualized amounts of the Fund's 2009 distributions are expected to be substantially less than the annualized distribution rates paid by the Fund before October 2008.

As of year end 2008, the Fund's investments in preferred securities increased to 40% from 25% a year earlier. All of these preferred securities are issued by REITs. In the current market environment, we consider REIT preferred securities an attractive investment on a risk adjusted basis primarily for two reasons. First, we expect common share dividend cuts from REITs to continue during 2009 because of the possibility of further deterioration in commercial real estate fundamentals. Any such reductions in dividends by REITs will first impact their common shares before their preferred shares because of the preferred shares' higher position in the capital structure of REITs. Second, REIT preferred securities are generally trading at discounts to historical values of approximately 40% to 50%. We believe the discount on these securities should narrow as the credit markets recover, resulting in potential capital appreciation.

Because of the decline in the Fund's NAV and the Fund's relatively small size following its partial redemption of auction rate preferred securities, the Fund and our advisor, RMR Advisors, Inc., are currently considering actions to reduce expenses and otherwise enhance value for the Fund's shareholders. To this end, on December 23, 2008, we filed a revised preliminary joint proxy statement / prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a possible merger of the Fund with four other closed end RMR Funds (RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund, RMR F.I.R.E. Fund, RMR Preferred Dividend Fund and RMR Dividend Capture Fund). These four other funds are also managed by RMR Advisors. If the proposed merger receives all of the required shareholder approvals and proceeds as planned, all five funds will separately be combined with RMR Real Estate Income Fund, a newly formed Delaware statutory trust which will also be managed by our advisor, and whose assets and liabilities will ultimately consist of the combined assets and liabilities of all five funds. The process of completing these proposed combinations is expected to take several months, and each fund's combination with RMR Real Estate Income Fund may or may not occur for various reasons.

Thank you for your continued support in these very difficult times. For more information, please view our website, at www.rmrfunds.com.

Sincerely,

Adam D. Portnoy
President

February 19, 2009

Portfolio holdings by sub-sector as a percentage of investments*

			As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
REITs
	Hospitality		24	%	17	%
	Health care		20	%	18	%
	Diversified		14	%	15	%
	Office		13	%	9	%
	Apartments		10	%	8	%
	Others, less than 10% each		9	%	17	%

		Total REITs	90	%	84	%
Other			8	%	15	%
Short term investments			2	%	1	%

		Total investments	100	%	100	%

Portfolio holdings by type of security*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Common securities		58	%	74	%
Preferred securities		40	%	25	%
Short term investments		2	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

*: These percentages represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by type of security as a percentage of total portfolio holdings and do not match with the percentages included in the Portfolio of Investments schedule which represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by type of security as a percentage of the Fund's net assets.

RMR Real Estate Fund
Portfolio of Investments – December 31, 2008


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – 82.0% Real Estate Investment Trusts – 72.1%
	Apartments – 14.8%
		Apartment Investment & Management Co.	17,645	$	203,800
		Associated Estates Realty Corp.	40,000		365,200
		AvalonBay Communities, Inc.	14,000		848,120
		BRE Properties, Inc.	10,000		279,800
		Equity Residential	49,000		1,461,180
		Essex Property Trust, Inc.	6,000		460,500
		Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.	5,000		185,800

					3,804,400
	Diversified – 16.1%
		CapLease, Inc.	56,000		96,880
		Lexington Corporate Properties Trust	6,400		32,000
		Liberty Property Trust	29,000		662,070
		National Retail Properties, Inc.	127,700		2,195,163
		Vornado Realty Trust	19,000		1,146,650

					4,132,763
	Health Care – 14.5%
		HCP, Inc.	39,080		1,085,252
		Health Care REIT, Inc.	50		2,110
		Medical Properties Trust, Inc.	112,120		707,477
		Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.	67,154		1,928,663

					3,723,502
	Hospitality – 5.7%
		Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.	185,500		213,325
		Entertainment Properties Trust	22,000		655,600
		Hersha Hospitality Trust	129,300		387,900
		LaSalle Hotel Properties	17,200		190,060

					1,446,885
	Industrial – 1.0%
		EastGroup Properties, Inc.	7,000		249,060
	Office – 13.6%
		Brandywine Realty Trust	102,400		789,504
		Corporate Office Properties Trust	15,500		475,850
		Highwoods Properties, Inc.	55,000		1,504,800
		Mack-Cali Realty Corp.	26,500		649,250
		Maguire Properties, Inc. (a)	48,000		70,080

					3,489,484
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – continued Real Estate Investment Trusts – continued
	Retail – 5.5%
		Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.	38,508	$	272,636
		Kimco Realty Corp.	5,000		91,400
		Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust	9,000		55,620
		Simon Property Group, Inc.	15,000		796,950
		Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.	5,000		188,100

					1,404,706
	Storage – 0.9%
		Public Storage, Inc.	3,000		238,500
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $32,399,156)					18,489,300
Other – 9.9%
		Brookfield Properties Corp.	10,000		77,300
		Carador PLC	4,123,130		2,473,878
Total Other (Cost $5,733,839)					2,551,178
Total Common Stocks (Cost $38,132,995)					21,040,478
Preferred Stocks – 57.6%
Real Estate Investment Trusts – 57.6%
	Diversified – 3.3%
		Colonial Properties Trust, Series D	50,500		743,360
		Duke Realty Corp., Series O	8,000		114,880

					858,240
Health Care – 14.2%
		Health Care REIT, Inc., Series G	20,000		610,400
		OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D	159,500		3,019,335

					3,629,735
Hospitality – 29.0%
		Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series A	107,900		695,955
		Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series D	22,000		136,400
		Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A (b)	28,000		56,000
		Entertainment Properties Trust, Series D	111,800		1,397,500
		FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series A (c)	83,000		560,250
		FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series C	39,600		257,400
		Hersha Hospitality Trust, Series A	82,000		930,700
		LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series D	100,000		1,130,000
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series A	75,000		322,500
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B	64,500		280,575
		Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Series A	129,100		1,658,935

					7,426,215
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – continued Real Estate Investment Trusts – continued
	Industrial – 0.8%
		First Industrial Realty Trust, Series J	20,000	$	200,000
	Office – 5.0%
		Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Series C	17,600		351,472
		Corporate Office Properties Trust, Series H	2,000		32,820
		Corporate Office Properties Trust, Series J	22,000		382,580
		Kilroy Realty Corp., Series E	500		8,445
		Kilroy Realty Corp., Series F	30,000		506,700

					1,282,017
	Retail – 5.3%
		Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc., Series A	88,600		1,229,768
		Glimcher Realty Trust, Series F	20,000		135,000

					1,364,768
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $30,765,921)					14,760,975
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $30,765,921)					14,760,975
Other Investment Companies – 1.3%
		Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II	30,100		321,167
		Ultra Real Estate ProShares	200		1,276
Total Other Investment Companies (Cost $580,287)					322,443
Short-Term Investments – 3.5%
	Other Investment Companies – 3.5%
		Dreyfus Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 1.53% (d) (Cost $901,001)	901,001		901,001
Total Investments – 144.4% (Cost $70,380,204)					37,024,897
Other assets less liabilities – (1.7)%					(433,603	)
Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (42.7)%					(10,950,000	)
Net Assets applicable to common shareholders – 100%				$	25,641,294

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a): As of December 31, 2008, this security had discontinued paying distributions.
(b): As of December 31, 2008, the Fund held securities fair valued in accordance with policies adopted by the board of trustees aggregating to $56,000 and 0.2% of market value.
(c): Convertible into common stock.
(d): Rate reflects 7 day yield as of December 31, 2008.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Real Estate Fund
Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2008

Assets
	Investments in securities, at value (cost $70,380,204)		$	37,024,897
	Cash			115
	Dividends and interest receivable			570,845
	Prepaid expenses			3,455
	Other assets			60,655

		Total assets		37,659,967

Liabilities
	Distributions payable – common shares			750,640
	Payable for investment securities purchased			169,200
	Advisory fee payable			43,452
	Distributions payable – preferred shares			3,938
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities			101,443

		Total liabilities		1,068,673

Preferred shares, at liquidation preference
	Auction preferred shares, Series T; $.001 par value per share; 438 shares issued and outstanding at $25,000 per share liquidation preference			10,950,000

	Net assets attributable to common shares		$	25,641,294

Composition of net assets
	Common shares, $.001 par value per share; unlimited number of shares authorized, 6,824,000 shares issued and outstanding		$	6,824
	Additional paid-in capital			96,249,595
	Distributions in excess of net investment income			(754,578	)
	Accumulated net realized loss on investments			(36,505,240	)
	Net unrealized depreciation on investments			(33,355,307	)

Net assets attributable to common shares			$	25,641,294

Net asset value per share attributable to common shares (based on 6,824,000 common shares outstanding)			$	3.76

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Real Estate Fund

Financial Statements – continued

Statement of Operations


For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

Investment Income
	Dividends (cash distributions, net of capital gain ($2,839,170) and return of capital ($605,492) distributions, received or due, and net of foreign taxes withheld of $840)		$	6,921,281
	Interest			49,149

		Total investment income		6,970,430

Expenses
	Advisory			1,018,981
	Legal			503,885
	Preferred share remarketing			130,154
	Administrative			95,000
	Custodian			67,469
	Audit			59,500
	Shareholder reporting			58,942
	Compliance and internal audit			27,852
	Trustees' fees and expenses			27,693
	Other			84,336

		Total expenses		2,073,812
	Less: expense waived by the Advisor			(293,163	)

	Net expenses			1,780,649

		Net investment income		5,189,781

Realized and unrealized loss on investments
	Net realized loss on investments			(36,484,040	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments			(21,714,632	)

	Net realized and unrealized loss on investments			(58,198,672	)

	Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income			(1,489,029	)
	Distributions to preferred shareholders from net realized gain on investments			(490,279	)

		Net decrease in net assets attributable to common shares resulting from operations	$	(54,988,199	)

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Real Estate Fund
Financial Statements – continued

Statements of Changes in Net Assets


				Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
	Net investment income			$	5,189,781		$	7,481,138
	Net increase from payments by affiliates				—			2,070
	Net realized gain (loss) on investments				(36,484,040	)		3,140,623
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments				(21,714,632	)		(41,493,993	)
	Distributions to preferred shareholders from:
		Net investment income			(1,489,029	)		(1,161,670	)
		Net realized gain on investments			(490,279	)		(1,482,830	)

			Net decrease in net assets attributable to common shares resulting from operations		(54,988,199	)		(33,514,662	)

	Distributions to common shareholders from:
		Net investment income			(4,455,330	)		(6,354,978	)
		Net realized gain on investments			(1,538,191	)		(8,111,902	)
		Return of capital			(216,319	)		—
Capital shares transactions
	Cost of preferred shares repurchased				(39,050,000	)		—

		Net decrease from capital transactions			(39,050,000	)		—
	Liquidation preference of preferred shares repurchased				39,050,000			—

		Total decrease in net assets attributable to common shares			(61,198,039	)		(47,981,542	)
Net assets attributable to common shares
	Beginning of year				86,839,333			134,820,875

	End of year (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $754,578 and $9,373, respectively)			$	25,641,294		$	86,839,333

Common shares issued and repurchased
	Shares outstanding, beginning of year				6,824,000			6,824,000
		Shares issued			—			—

	Shares outstanding, end of year				6,824,000			6,824,000

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Real Estate Fund
Financial Highlights

Selected Data For A Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period


		Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2006			Year Ended December 31, 2005			Year Ended December 31, 2004

Per Common Share Operating Performance (a)
Net asset value, beginning of period		$	12.73		$	19.76		$	15.63		$	16.61		$	14.35

Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income (b)(c)			.76			1.10			.99			.64			.47
Net realized and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments (c)			(8.53	)		(5.62	)		4.69			(.08	)		3.11
Distributions to preferred shareholders (common stock equivalent basis) from:
	Net investment income (c)		(.22	)		(.17	)		(.23	)		(.10	)		(.05	)
	Net realized gain on investments (c)		(.07	)		(.22	)		(.12	)		(.14	)		(.05	)

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations			(8.06	)		(4.91	)		5.33			.32			3.48
Less: Distributions to common shareholders from:
	Net investment income (c)		(.65	)		(.93	)		(.79	)		(.54	)		(.53	)
	Net realized gain on investments (c)		(.23	)		(1.19	)		(.41	)		(.76	)		(.57	)
	Return of capital (c)		(.03	)		—			—			—			—
Preferred share offering costs charged to capital			—			—			—			—			(.12	)

Net asset value, end of period		$	3.76		$	12.73		$	19.76		$	15.63		$	16.61

Market price, beginning of period		$	11.03		$	17.48		$	13.15		$	14.74		$	15.00

Market price, end of period		$	2.70		$	11.03		$	17.48		$	13.15		$	14.74

Total Return
Total investment return based on:
	Market price (d)		(72.28	)%		(26.19	)%		43.77	%		(1.96	)%		6.42	%
	Net asset value (d)		(67.47	)%		(26.28	)%(e)		35.27	%		2.10	%		24.73	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Ratio to average net assets attributable to common shares of:
	Net investment income, before total preferred share distributions (b)(c)		7.42	%		6.16	%		5.60	%		4.02	%		3.22	%
	Total preferred share distributions		2.83	%		2.18	%		1.97	%		1.47	%		0.67	%
	Net investment income, net of preferred share distributions (b)(c)		4.59	%		3.98	%		3.63	%		2.55	%		2.55	%
	Expenses, net of fee waivers		2.55	%		1.47	%		1.50	%		1.50	%		1.69	%
	Expenses, before fee waivers		2.97	%		1.82	%		1.86	%		1.87	%		2.05	%
Portfolio Turnover Rate			4.97	%		51.01	%		36.20	%		22.15	%		35.52	%
Net assets attributable to common shares, end of period (000s)		$	25,641		$	86,839		$	134,821		$	106,670		$	113,357
Preferred shares, liquidation preference ($25,000 per share) (000s)		$	10,950		$	50,000		$	50,000		$	50,000		$	50,000
Asset coverage per preferred share (f)		$	83,542		$	68,420		$	92,411		$	78,335		$	81,679

(a): Based on average shares outstanding.
(b): Amounts are net of expenses waived by RMR Advisors.
(c): As discussed in Note A (7) to the financial statements, a portion of the distributions we received on our investments are not included in investment income for financial reporting purposes.
(d): Total return based on per share market price assumes the purchase of common shares at the market price on the first day and sales of common shares at the market price on the last day of the period indicated; dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed to be reinvested at market prices on the ex-dividend date. The total return based on net asset value, or NAV, assumes the purchase of common shares at NAV on the first day and sales of common shares at NAV on the last day of the period indicated; distributions are assumed to be reinvested at NAV on the ex-dividend date. Results represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Total return would have been lower if RMR Advisors had not contractually waived a portion of its investment advisory fee.
(e): The impact of the net increase in payments by affiliates is less than $0.005/share and had no impact on total returns.
(f): Asset coverage per share equals net assets attributable to common shares plus the liquidation preference of the preferred shares divided by the total number of preferred shares outstanding at the end of the period.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Real Estate Fund
Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2008

Note A

(1) Organization

RMR Real Estate Fund, or the Fund, was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on July 2, 2002, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, as a diversified closed-end management investment company.

(2) Use of Estimates

Preparation of these financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires the Fund's management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and related notes. The actual results could differ from these estimates.

(3) Portfolio Valuation

Investment securities of the Fund are valued at the latest sales price whenever that price is readily available on that day; securities for which no sales were reported on that day, unless otherwise noted, are valued at the average of the closing bid and ask prices on that day. Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market, or NASDAQ, are normally valued by the Fund at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, or NOCP, provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., eastern time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Some fixed income securities may be valued using pricing provided by a pricing service. Any of the Fund's securities which are not readily marketable, which are not traded or which have other characteristics of illiquidity are valued by the Fund at fair value as determined in good faith under the supervision of the Fund's board of trustees. Numerous factors may be considered when determining fair value of a security, including cost at date of purchase, type of security, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities of the same type outstanding. Short term debt securities with less than 60 days until maturity may be valued at amortized cost plus interest accrued, which approximates fair market value.

(4) Fair Value Measurements

The Fund has adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, 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 for 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 valuing 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 valuing 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 year ended December 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 December 31, 2008, in valuing the Fund's investments carried at value:

Valuation Inputs	Investments in Securities
Level 1 – Quoted prices	$	36,968,897
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs		56,000
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs		—

Total	$	37,024,897

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		(2,227,500	)
Net purchases/sales		—
Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3		(2,150,500	)

Balance, as of 12/31/08	$	—

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments still held as of 12/31/08	$	—

(5) Securities Transactions and Investment Income

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income, including accretion of original issue discount, where applicable, and accretion of discount on short term investments, is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis.

(6) Taxes

The Fund has qualified and intends to qualify in the future as a "regulated investment company" and to comply with the applicable provisions of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, so that it will generally not be subject to federal income tax. However, the Fund may be subject to a 4% excise tax to the extent the Fund does not distribute substantially all taxable earnings each year.

Some foreign governments may subject the Fund's investment income and securities sales to withholding or other taxes. For the year ended December 31, 2008, $840 of foreign taxes have been withheld from distributions to the Fund and recorded as a reduction of dividend income.

The Fund adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, or FIN 48, on June 29, 2007. At December 31, 2008, the Fund did not have uncertain tax positions. Each of the tax years in the three year period ended December 31, 2008, remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund did not incur any tax related interest or penalties.

(7) Distributable Earnings

The Fund earns income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. It was the policy of the Fund to pay a stable distribution amount to common shareholders on a monthly basis and distributions to Fund shareholders were declared pursuant to this policy through September 2008. On October 16, 2008, the Fund announced that it was suspending the payment of common share distributions until further notice because the Fund did not satisfy certain minimum asset coverage ratios for the outstanding Fund preferred shares which are preconditions to the payment of common share distributions. See Note D below. On November 26, 2008, the Fund announced that it had called for redemption sufficient amounts of Fund preferred shares to become compliant with the preconditions for the payment of common share distributions. On December 19, 2008, the Fund declared a distribution of $0.11 per common share that was paid on January 28, 2009. In 2009, the Fund expects to pay quarterly distributions of net investment income to common shareholders for the three month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2009 if, when and in such amounts as may be determined by the Fund's board of trustees in its sole discretion in light of such factors, which may or may not include market and economic conditions, and as may be considered by the Fund's board of trustees, and subject to compliance with applicable law, the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Fund's bylaws and other objectives. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund's distributions may consist of ordinary income (net investment income and short term capital gains), long term capital gains and return of capital. To the extent the Fund's net realized capital gains, if any, can be offset by capital loss carry-forwards, it is the policy of the Fund not to distribute such gains. Distributions to preferred shareholders are determined as described in Note D.

The Fund has substantial investments in real estate investment trusts, or REITs, which are generally not subject to federal income taxes. Distributions that the Fund receives from REITs can be classified as ordinary income, capital gain income or return of capital by the REITs that make these distributions to the Fund. The Fund has excluded from its investment income the portions of the distributions received from REITs classified by those REITs as capital gain income and return of capital. The Fund has included in its "net realized gain on investments" that portion of the distributions received from REITs that is classified by those REITs as capital gain income. Similarly, the Fund has credited its "net change in unrealized appreciation on investments" with that portion of the distributions received from REITs that is classified by those REITs as return of capital. The classification of distributions received from the Fund's investments were as follows:

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	6,921,281	$	8,954,018
Capital gain income		2,839,170		4,010,171
Return of capital		605,492		1,467,181

Total distributions received	$	10,365,943	$	14,431,370

The Fund distinguishes between distributions to shareholders on a tax basis and a financial reporting basis. Only distributions in excess of accumulated tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a tax return of capital. Differences in the recognition or classification of income between the financial statements and tax earnings and profits which result in temporary over distributions for financial statement purposes are classified as distributions in excess of net investment income or accumulated net realized gains in the components of net assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The tax character of distributions made by the Fund during the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, were as follows:

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	5,944,359	$	7,531,305
Net long term capital gains		2,028,470		9,580,075
Return of capital		216,319		—

	$	8,189,148	$	17,111,380

As of December 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	$	—
Undistributed net long term capital gains		—
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)		(33,357,183	)

The differences between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of undistributed net long term capital gains and net unrealized appreciation/depreciation are due to wash sales of portfolio investments.

As of December 31, 2008, the Fund had a net capital loss carry forward for federal income tax purposes of $823,951 all of which expires in the year 2016.

Under current tax law, certain capital and net foreign currency losses realized after October 31 within the taxable year may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the tax year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund elected to defer net capital losses of $35,679,413 arising between November 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.

The cost, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation of the Fund's investments for federal income tax purposes as of December 31, 2008, are as follows:

Cost	$	70,382,080

Gross unrealized appreciation	$	931,538
Gross unrealized depreciation		(34,288,721	)

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)	$	(33,357,183	)

(8) Concentration of Risk

Under normal market conditions, the Fund's investments are concentrated in income producing common shares, preferred shares and debt securities, including convertible preferred and debt securities, issued by real estate companies and REITs. The value of Fund shares may fluctuate more than the shares of a fund not concentrated in the real estate industry due to economic, legal, regulatory, technological or other developments affecting the United States real estate industry.

(9) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On March 19, 2008, the FASB released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, or FAS 161. FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management of the Fund is evaluating the implications of FAS 161 and believes the adoption of FAS 161 will have no material impact on the Fund's financial statements.

Note B

Advisory and Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Fund has an investment advisory agreement with RMR Advisors, Inc., or RMR Advisors, to provide the Fund with a continuous investment program, to make day to day investment decisions and to generally manage the business affairs of the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and policies. Pursuant to the agreement, RMR Advisors is compensated at an annual rate of 0.85% of the Fund's average daily managed assets. Managed assets means the total assets of the Fund less liabilities other than any indebtedness entered into for purposes of leverage. For purposes of calculating managed assets, the liquidation preference of Fund preferred shares is not considered a liability.

RMR Advisors had contractually agreed to waive a portion of its annual fee equal to 0.25% of the Fund's average daily managed assets from December 18, 2003 until December 18, 2008. The Fund incurred net advisory fees of $725,818 during the year ended December 31, 2008. The amount of fees waived by the Advisor was $293,163 for the year ended December 31, 2008.

RMR Advisors also performs administrative functions for the Fund pursuant to an administration agreement with the Fund. RMR Advisors has entered into a subadministration agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company, or State Street, to perform substantially all fund accounting and other administrative services. Under the administration agreement, RMR Advisors is entitled to reimbursement of the cost of providing administrative services. The Fund reimbursed RMR Advisors for $95,000 of subadministrative fees charged by State Street for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Each trustee who is not a director, officer or employee of RMR Advisors, and who is not an "interested person" of the Fund as defined under the 1940 Act, is considered to be a "disinterested trustee". Disinterested trustees are each paid by the Fund an annual fee plus attendance fees for board and committee meetings. The Fund incurred $27,693 of trustee fees and expenses during the year ended December 31, 2008.

The Fund's board of trustees, and separately the disinterested trustees, authorized the Fund to make reimbursement payments to RMR Advisors for costs related to the Fund's compliance and internal audit programs. The Fund incurred $27,852 of compliance and internal audit expense during the year ended December 31, 2008. The Fund also participates in pooled insurance programs with RMR Advisors and other funds managed by RMR Advisors and makes payments of allocated portions of related premiums. The Fund incurred $12,855 of insurance expense during the year ended December 31, 2008.

During the year ended December 31, 2007, RMR Advisors reimbursed the Fund in the amount of $2,070 for trading losses incurred by the Fund due to a trading error.

Note C

Securities Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2008, there were purchases and sales transactions (excluding short term securities) of $6,677,220 and $47,605,261 respectively. Brokerage commissions on securities transactions amounted to $50,624 during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Note D

Preferred Shares

In March 2004, the Fund issued 2,000 Series T auction preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share plus an amount equal to accumulated but unpaid distributions. On December 22, 2008 and December 29, 2008, the Fund redeemed a total of 1,562 preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $39,050,000. The preferred shares are senior to the Fund's common shares and rank on parity with any other class or series of preferred shares of the Fund as to the payment of periodic distributions, including distribution of assets upon liquidation. If the Fund does not timely cure a failure to (1) maintain asset coverage for the preferred shares as required by rating agencies, or (2) maintain asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, of at least 200%, the preferred shares will be subject to redemption in an amount equal to their liquidation preference plus accumulated but unpaid distributions. The holders of the preferred shares have

voting rights equal to the holders of the Fund's common shares and generally vote together with the holders of the common shares as a single class. Holders of the preferred shares, voting as a separate class, also are entitled to elect two of the Fund's trustees. The Fund pays distributions on the preferred shares at a rate set at auctions held generally every seven days. Distributions are generally payable every seven days, on the first business day following the end of a distribution period. The preferred share distribution rate was 1.85% per annum as of December 31, 2008.

To date, no auctions for preferred securities of the Fund have failed to attract sufficient clearing bids (such auctions are commonly referred to as "failed" auctions). However, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, an affiliate of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., the Fund's lead broker-dealer for its preferred securities, has acquired for its own account a substantial portion of the Fund's preferred securities in the auctions, and may ultimately come to own for its account all or substantially all of such preferred securities. According to the Royal Bank of Canada's (the parent company of RBC Capital Markets Corporation) Schedule 13G filing, dated as of January 31, 2009, it owns 85.4% of the Fund's issued and outstanding preferred shares. If RBC Capital Markets Corporation had not been a purchaser of preferred securities in the Fund's auctions, the auctions likely would have failed and holders of the Fund's preferred shares would not have been able to sell their preferred shares in the auctions. There can be no assurance that RBC Capital Markets Corporation or any other affiliate of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. would purchase Fund preferred shares in any future auction of Fund preferred securities, or that the Fund will not have any auction for its preferred securities fail. If an auction of the Fund's preferred shares should fail, the dividend rate for the next succeeding dividend period is set according to a pre-determined formula, and the resulting rate may be higher than the rate which the Fund would otherwise pay as a result of a successful auction. In addition, if an auction fails, holders of the Fund's preferred shares may not be able to sell their preferred shares in that auction. If auctions for the Fund's preferred shares fail, or if market conditions generally frustrate the Fund's ability to enhance investment results through the investment of capital attributable to their outstanding preferred shares, such factors may precipitate a change in the form and/or amount of investment leverage used by the Fund.

The Fund proactively manages compliance with asset coverage and other financial ratio requirements applicable to the preferred shares. In order to facilitate compliance with such requirements, and without further notice of its intention to do so, the Fund may from time to time purchase or otherwise acquire its outstanding preferred shares in the open market, in other nondiscriminatory secondary market transactions, pursuant to tender offers or other offers to repurchase preferred shares, or in other permissible purchase transactions, and also may from time to time call or redeem preferred shares in accordance with their terms.

Note E

Proposed Reorganization

On December 18, 2008, the Board of Trustees of each of the Fund, RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund, RMR F.I.R.E. Fund, RMR Preferred Dividend Fund and RMR Dividend Capture Fund, approved a proposal to reorganize these five funds into RMR Real Estate Income Fund, a newly formed closed end fund ("New RMR"), formed specifically for the purpose of effectuating such reorganizations. These reorganizations would occur pursuant to five separate Agreements and Plans of Reorganization (the "Agreements"), pending the effectiveness of a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus with respect to the reorganizations and shareholder approval. The Fund's Agreement provides for the Fund to transfer its assets to New RMR in exchange for shares of New RMR's common stock and preferred stock and New RMR's assumption of the Fund's liabilities,

and for the Fund to dissolve under applicable law. The Fund currently anticipates holding a special meeting of shareholders to seek approval for its reorganization. The process of completing these reorganizations is expected to take several months. There can be no assurance that any of these reorganizations will occur. Any reorganization may be consummated whether or not the other reorganizations are consummated, except that the reorganization of the Fund with New RMR must be consummated in order for any of the other reorganizations to be consummated. If approved by shareholders, it is currently anticipated that the reorganizations will occur before June 30, 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund incurred approximately $423,754 of legal expense in connection with the proposed reorganization.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and
Shareholders of RMR Real Estate Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of RMR Real Estate Fund (the "Fund") as of December 31, 2008, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2008, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of RMR Real Estate Fund at December 31, 2008, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 2009

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund
December 31, 2008

To our shareholders,

In the pages that follow, you will find data summarizing our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008, and our financial position as of December 31, 2008.

Relevant Market Conditions

Hospitality Industry Fundamentals. At the beginning of 2008, revenue per available room (RevPAR) expectations for the year published by most hotel operators and hotel industry analysts were in the positive mid-single digits. Instead, operating fundamentals for the hospitality industry deteriorated significantly during 2008 as a result of a slowdown in the U.S. economy, and both leisure and business transient demand deteriorated rapidly, particularly in the second half of 2008. Airline capacity reductions, conservative travel budgets and a weary consumer have all contributed to the rapid decline in hotel fundamentals. Given this backdrop, almost all lodging REITs cut or suspended their dividends during the fourth quarter of 2008 in an effort to conserve cash and manage for upcoming debt maturities.

Real Estate Industry Fundamentals. 2008 brought with it one of the toughest economic environments since at least the recession of the early 1980s. Increasing home equity values, which had been a major force behind consumer spending growth for the past 15 years, came to a halt as home prices started to decline in 2007. The credit crisis that affected Wall Street in the early part of 2008 quickly spilled over to Main Street and exacerbated the economic downturn. By year end, total job losses for the year stood at 2.8 million, with close to 70% of those losses sustained in the last four months of 2008. As a result, the unemployment rate jumped to 7.2% at 2008 year end, up from 4.8% a year earlier. The National Bureau of Economic Research has recently confirmed that the U.S. economy fell into a recession in December 2007. On average, post-World War II recessions have lasted ten months and none of them have lasted longer than 16 months. This means that this current recession is already longer than average and could possibly be the longest recession since the Great Depression if the economy continues posting a few more quarters of negative growth.

fundamentals for commercial real estate continue to deteriorate in 2009; however, most REITs are likely preserving capital to deal with upcoming debt maturities because credit availability is seriously limited in the current recession.

Fund Strategies, Techniques and Performance

Our primary objective is to earn and pay to our common shareholders a high level of current income by investing in hospitality and real estate companies. Our secondary objective is capital appreciation. There can be no assurance that we will achieve our investment objectives.

During the year ended 2008, our total return calculated on net asset value, or NAV (including NAV changes and assuming a hypothetical reinvestment of distributions at NAV), was negative 78.9%. During that same period, the total return for the MSCI US REIT Total Return Index (an unmanaged index of REIT common stocks) was negative 38.0% and the total return for the Merrill Lynch REIT Preferred Index (an unmanaged index of investment grade rated REIT preferred stocks) was negative 9.3%. We believe these two indices are relevant to us because our investments, excluding short term investments, as of December 31, 2008, included 11% REIT common stocks and 75% REIT preferred stocks. The S&P 500 Index (an unmanaged index published as Standard and Poor's Composite Index of 500 common stocks) total return for the year ended December 31, 2008 was negative 36.9%.

The large losses which we suffered in 2008 caused us to redeem $25.7 million of the Fund's previous total of $28.0 million of outstanding auction rate securities during 2008 and early 2009. The Fund was required to redeem these securities in order to satisfy certain minimum asset coverage ratios for such securities established under applicable law and in our bylaws, and to establish an appropriate asset coverage cushion to mitigate the risk of future failures to satisfy such minimum asset coverage ratios. Unfortunately, the resulting smaller size of the Fund may make it more difficult for the Fund to gain back its lost NAV if and when the market generally recovers.

Additionally, the Fund announced a suspension of its regular monthly dividends in October 2008 because applicable law and our bylaws prohibit the payment of common share dividends until our auction rate securities' minimum asset coverage ratios are satisfied. In 2009, the Fund expects to pay quarterly distributions instead of monthly distributions. The Internal Revenue Service has also recently announced that closed end funds are allowed to satisfy their minimum distribution requirements as a registered investment company in 2009 through the partial payment of distributions in stock. The amounts and form of any future distributions will be announced near the end of each calendar quarter. Nevertheless, the annualized amounts of the Fund's 2009 distributions are expected to be substantially less than the annualized distribution rates paid by the Fund before October 2008.

As of year end 2008, the Fund's investments in preferred securities increased to 66% from 29% a year ealier. All of these preferred securities are issued by REITs. In the current market environment, we consider REIT preferred securities an attractive investment on a risk adjusted basis primarily for two reasons First, we expect common share dividend cuts from REITs to continue during 2009 because of the possibility of further deterioration in commercial real estate fundamentals. Any such reductions in dividends by REITs will first impact their common shares before their preferred shares because of the preferred shares' higher position in the capital structure of REITs. Second, REIT preferred securities are generally trading at discounts to historical values of approximately 40% to 50%. We believe the discount on these securities should narrow as the credit markets recover, resulting in potential capital appreciation.

Because of the decline in the Fund's NAV and the Fund's relatively small size following its partial redemption of auction rate preferred securities, the Fund and our advisor, RMR Advisors, Inc., are currently considering actions to reduce expenses and otherwise enhance value for the Fund's shareholders. To this end, on December 23, 2008, we filed a revised preliminary joint proxy statement / prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a possible merger of the Fund with four other closed end RMR Funds (RMR Real Estate Fund, RMR F.I.R.E. Fund, RMR Preferred Dividend Fund and RMR Dividend Capture Fund). These four other funds are also managed by RMR Advisors. If the proposed merger receives all of the required shareholder approvals and proceeds as planned, all five funds will separately be combined with RMR Real Estate Income Fund, a newly formed Delaware statutory trust which will also be managed by our advisor, and whose assets and liabilities will ultimately consist of the combined assets and liabilities of all five funds. The process of completing these proposed combinations is expected to take several months, and each fund's combination with RMR Real Estate Income Fund may or may not occur for various reasons.

Thank you for your continued support during these very difficult times. For more information, please view our website, at www.rmrfunds.com.

Sincerely,

Adam D. Portnoy
President

February 19, 2009

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund
December 31, 2008

Portfolio holdings by sub-sector as a percentage of investments*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Hospitality real estate		38	%	33	%
Office real estate		12	%	12	%
Health care real estate		12	%	15	%
Others, less than 10% each+		26	%	39	%
Short term investments		12	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
REITs		75	%	84	%
Other including short term investments		25	%	16	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

Portfolio holdings by type of security*

	As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Common securities	18	%	63	%
Preferred securities	66	%	29	%
Debt securities	4	%	7	%
Short term investments	12	%	1	%

	100	%	100	%

*: These percentages represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by type of security as a percentage of total portfolio holdings and do not match with the percentages included in the Portfolio of Investments schedule which represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by type of security as a percentage of the Fund's net assets.
+: Prior year percentages include sub-sectors which were in excess of 10% as of 12/31/2007 but below 10% as of 12/31/2008.

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund
Portfolio of Investments – December 31, 2008


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – 25.0%
Real Estate Investment Trusts – 13.1%
	Apartments – 3.8%
		Apartment Investment & Management Co.	5,068	$	58,535
		AvalonBay Communities, Inc.	500		30,290
		BRE Properties, Inc.	6,000		167,880
		Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.	800		29,728

					286,433
	Diversified – 1.2%
		Cousins Properties, Inc.	4,400		60,940
		National Retail Properties, Inc.	1,500		25,785

					86,725
	Health Care – 0.3%
		Health Care REIT, Inc.	600		25,320
	Hospitality – 6.1%
		Hersha Hospitality Trust	38,100		114,300
		Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.	3,000		18,570
		Supertel Hospitality, Inc.	191,134		324,928

					457,798
	Retail – 1.7%
		Equity One, Inc.	3,000		53,100
		Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust	12,000		74,160

					127,260
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $2,500,386)					983,536
	Other – 11.9%
		Carador PLC (Cost $2,000,000)	1,499,320		899,592
Total Common Stocks (Cost $4,500,386)					1,883,128
Preferred Stocks – 89.2%
Real Estate Investment Trusts – 89.2%
	Apartments – 0.2%
		BRE Properties, Inc., Series D	1,000		16,680
	Diversified – 7.8%
		Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Series A	15,000		240,000
		Duke Realty Corp., Series O	2,100		30,156
		LBA Realty LLC, Series B	30,000		270,000
		Vornado Realty Trust, Series E	2,500		42,500

					582,656
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares	Value

Preferred Stocks – continued Real Estate Investment Trusts – continued
	Health Care – 15.8%
		HCP, Inc., Series E	200	$	3,322
		Health Care REIT, Inc., Series F	10,000		185,000
		Health Care REIT, Inc., Series G	12,000		366,240
		LTC Properties, Inc., Series F	23,000		483,000
		OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D	8,000		151,440

					1,189,002
	Hospitality – 40.5%
		Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A (a)	28,000		56,000
		FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series C	58,052		377,338
		Hersha Hospitality Trust, Series A	42,400		481,240
		Host Marriott Corp., Series E	12,365		212,678
		Innkeepers USA Trust, Series C	27,000		47,250
		LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series D	28,700		324,310
		LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series E	53,500		689,615
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series A	10,000		43,000
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series C	40,000		170,000
		Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Series A	50,000		642,500

					3,043,931
	Office – 16.8%
		Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Series C	24,225	$	483,773
		Kilroy Realty Corp., Series F	10,000		168,900
		Parkway Properties, Inc., Series D	15,000		180,000
		SL Green Realty Corp., Series D	28,500		430,350

					1,263,023
	Retail – 8.1%
		Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc., Series A	31,800		441,384
		Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G	20,000		124,600
		Kimco Realty Corp., Series G	1,496		26,928
		Regency Centers Corp., Series E	200		3,546
		Weingarten Realty Investors, Series E	1,000		14,750

					611,208
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $13,691,501)					6,706,500
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $13,691,501)					6,706,500
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares or Principal Amount		Value

Debt Securities – 5.1%
	Hospitality – 5.1%
		American Real Estate Partners LP, 8.125%, 06/01/2012 (Cost $498,486)	$	500,000		385,000
Short-Term Investments – 16.5%
	Other Investment Companies – 16.5%
		Dreyfus Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 1.53% (b) (Cost $1,241,359)		1,241,359		1,241,359
Total Investments – 135.8% (Cost $19,931,732)						10,215,987
Other assets less liabilities – 2.4%						180,234
Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (38.2)%						(2,875,000	)
Net Assets applicable to common shareholders – 100%					$	7,521,221

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a): As of December 31, 2008, the Fund held securities fair valued in accordance with policies adopted by the board of trustees aggregating to $56,000 and 0.7% of market value.
(b): Rate reflects 7 day yield as of December 31, 2008.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund
Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2008

Assets
	Investments in securities, at value (cost $19,931,732)		$	10,215,987
	Cash			408
	Cash escrowed for preferred share redemptions			600,000
	Receivable for securities sold			454,500
	Dividends and interest receivable			237,845
	Prepaid expenses			3,455
	Other assets			49,688

		Total assets		11,561,883

Liabilities
	Distributions payable – common shares			745,500
	Payable for investment securities purchased			320,040
	Advisory fee payable			14,990
	Distributions payable – preferred shares			2,889
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities			82,243

		Total liabilities		1,165,662

Preferred shares, at liquidation preference
	Auction preferred shares, Series Th; $.001 par value per share; 115 shares issued and outstanding at $25,000 per share liquidation preference			2,875,000

Net assets attributable to common shares			$	7,521,221

Composition of net assets
	Common shares, $.001 par value per share; unlimited number of shares authorized, 2,485,000 shares issued and outstanding		$	2,485
	Additional paid-in capital			46,967,809
	Distributions in excess of net investment income			(417,435	)
	Accumulated net realized loss on investments			(29,315,893	)
	Net unrealized depreciation on investments			(9,715,745	)

Net assets attributable to common shares			$	7,521,221

Net asset value per share attributable to common shares (based on 2,485,000 common shares outstanding)			$	3.03

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund
Financial Statements – continued

Statement of Operations


For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

Investment Income
	Dividends (cash distributions, net of capital gain ($1,521,352) and return of capital ($191,653) distributions, received or due, and net of foreign taxes withheld of $315)			$	3,188,093
	Interest				391,414

		Total investment income			3,579,507

Expenses
	Advisory				504,754
	Legal				982,173
	Administrative				95,000
	Preferred share remarketing				75,100
	Custodian				67,137
	Audit				59,500
	Shareholder reporting				33,596
	Trustees' fees and expenses				28,735
	Compliance and internal audit				27,852
	Other				66,949

		Total expenses			1,940,796
	Less: expense waived by the Advisor				(148,457	)

		Net expenses			1,792,339

			Net investment income		1,787,168

Realized and unrealized loss on investments
	Net realized loss on investments				(28,795,336	)
	Net increase from payments by affiliates				9,353
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments				(2,697,627	)

	Net realized and unrealized loss on investments				(31,483,610	)

	Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income				(664,837	)
	Distributions to preferred shareholders from net realized gain on investments				(459,633	)

		Net decrease in net assets attributable to common shares resulting from operations		$	(30,820,912	)

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund

Financial Statements – continued

Statements of Changes in Net Assets


				Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
	Net investment income			$	1,787,168		$	1,567,243
	Net increase from payments by affiliates				9,353			1,036
	Net realized gain (loss) on investments				(28,795,336	)		1,434,411
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments				(2,697,627	)		(18,455,574	)
	Distributions to preferred shareholders from:
		Net investment income			(664,837	)		(318,275	)
		Net realized gain on investments			(459,633	)		(1,138,397	)

			Net decrease in net assets attributable to common shares resulting from operations		(30,820,912	)		(16,909,556	)

	Distributions to common shareholders from:
		Net investment income			(1,539,766	)		(1,274,968	)
		Net realized gain on investments			(1,064,514	)		(5,186,032	)

Capital shares transactions
	Cost of preferred shares repurchased				(25,125,000	)		—

		Net decrease from capital transactions			(25,125,000	)		—
	Liquidation preference of preferred shares repurchased				25,125,000			—

		Total decrease in net assets attributable to common shares			(33,425,192	)		(23,370,556	)
Net assets attributable to common shares
	Beginning of year				40,946,413			64,316,969

	End of year (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $417,435 and $0, respectively)			$	7,521,221		$	40,946,413

Common shares issued and repurchased
	Shares outstanding, beginning of year				2,485,000			2,485,000
		Shares issued			—			—

	Shares outstanding, end of year				2,485,000			2,485,000

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected Data For A Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period


		Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2006			Year Ended December 31, 2005			For the Period April 27, 2004(a) to December 31, 2004

Per Common Share Operating Performance (b)
Net asset value, beginning of period		$	16.48		$	25.88		$	21.88		$	22.94		$	19.28	(c)

Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income (d)(e)			.72			.63			1.08			1.13			.71
Net realized and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments (e)			(12.67	)		(6.84	)		4.95			(.19	)		3.95
Distributions to preferred shareholders (common stock equivalent basis) from:
	Net investment income (e)		(.27	)		(.13	)		(.30	)		(.16	)		(.06	)
	Net realized gain on investments (e)		(.18	)		(.46	)		(.23	)		(.11	)		(.01	)

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations			(12.40	)		(6.80	)		5.50			.67			4.59
Less: Distributions to common shareholders from:
	Net investment income (e)		(.62	)		(.51	)		(.85	)		(.96	)		(.65	)
	Net realized gain on investments (e)		(.43	)		(2.09	)		(.65	)		(.65	)		(.10	)
Common share offering costs charged to capital			—			—			—			—			(.04	)
Preferred share offering costs charged to capital			—			—			—			(.12	)		(.14	)

Net asset value, end of period		$	3.03		$	16.48		$	25.88		$	21.88		$	22.94

Market price, beginning of period		$	14.38		$	22.95		$	18.21		$	19.98		$	20.00

Market price, end of period		$	2.05		$	14.38		$	22.95		$	18.21		$	19.98

Total Return (f)
Total investment return based on:
	Market price (g)		(82.65	)%		(28.11	)%		35.54	%		(0.73	)%		3.93	%
	Net asset value (g)		(78.88	)%(h)		(28.15	)%(h)		25.89	%		2.54	%		23.16	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Ratio to average net assets attributable to common shares of:
	Net investment income, before total preferred share distributions (d)(e)		5.60	%		2.72	%		4.50	%		5.04	%		4.96%	(i)
	Total preferred share distributions		3.53	%		2.53	%		2.23	%		1.20	%		0.50%	(i)
	Net investment income, net of preferred share distributions (d)(e)		2.07	%		0.19	%		2.27	%		3.84	%		4.46%	(i)
	Expenses, net of fee waivers		5.62	%		5.40	%		3.13	%		1.80	%		1.86%	(i)
	Expenses, before fee waivers		6.09	%		5.77	%		3.49	%		2.14	%		2.18%	(i)
Portfolio Turnover Rate			14.05	%		41.36	%		45.70	%		23.95	%		20.83	%
Net assets attributable to common shares, end of period (000s)		$	7,521		$	40,946		$	64,317		$	54,377		$	57,005
Preferred shares, liquidation preference ($25,000 per share) (000s)		$	2,875		$	28,000		$	28,000		$	28,000		$	17,000
Asset coverage per preferred share (j)		$	90,402		$	61,569		$	82,426		$	73,551		$	108,830

(a): Commencement of operations.
(b): Based on average shares outstanding.
(c): Net asset value at April 27,2004, reflects the deduction of the average sales load and offering costs of $0.72 per share paid by the holders of common shares from the $20.00 offering price. We paid a sales load and offering cost of $0.90 per share on 2,000,000 common shares sold to the public and no sales load or offering costs on 480,000 common shares sold to affiliates of RMR Advisors for $20 per share.
(d): Amounts are net of expenses waived by RMR Advisors.
(e): As discussed in Note A (7) to the financial statements, a portion of the distributions we received on our investments are not included in investment income for financial reporting purposes.
(f): Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
(g): Total return based on per share market price assumes the purchase of common shares at the market price on the first day and sales of common shares at the market price on the last day of the period indicated; dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed to be reinvested at market prices on the ex-dividend date. The total return based on net asset value, or NAV, assumes the purchase of common shares at NAV on the first day and sales of common shares at NAV on the last day of the period indicated; distributions are assumed to be reinvested at NAV on the ex-dividend date. Results represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Total return would have been lower if RMR Advisors had not contractually waived a portion of its investment advisory fee.
(h): The impact of the net increase in payments by affiliates is less than $0.005/share and had no impact on total return.
(i): Annualized.
(j): Asset coverage per share equals net assets attributable to common shares plus the liquidation preference of the preferred shares divided by the total number of preferred shares outstanding at the end of the period.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund
Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2008

Note A

(1) Organization

RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund, or the Fund, was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on January 27, 2004, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, as a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund had no operations until April 27, 2004, other than matters relating to the Fund's establishment and registration of the Fund's common shares under the Securities Act of 1933.

(2) Use of Estimates

(3) Portfolio Valuation

(4) Fair Value Measurements

the assumptions market participants would use in valuing 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 valuing 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 year ended December 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 December 31, 2008, in valuing the Fund's investments carried at value:

Valuation Inputs	Investments in Securities
Level 1 – Quoted prices	$	10,159,987
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs		56,000
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs		—

Total	$	10,215,987

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	$	1,592,000
Accrued discounts/premiums		—
Realized gain/loss and change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation		(810,000)
Net purchases/sales		—
Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3		(782,000)

Balance, as of 12/31/08	$	—

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments still held as of 12/31/08	$	—

(5) Securities Transactions and Investment Income

(6) Taxes

Some foreign governments may subject the Fund's investment income and securities sales to withholding or other taxes. For the year ended December 31, 2008, $315 of foreign taxes have been withheld from distributions to the Fund and recorded as a reduction of dividend income.

The Fund adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, or FIN 48, on June 29, 2007. At December 31, 2008, the Fund did not have any uncertain tax positions. Each of the tax years in the three year period ended December 31, 2008, remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund did not incur any tax related interest or penalties.

(7) Distributable Earnings

The Fund earns income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. It was the policy of the Fund to pay a stable distribution amount to common shareholders on a monthly basis and distributions to Fund shareholders were declared pursuant to this policy through September 2008. On October 16, 2008, the Fund announced that it was suspending the payment of common share distributions until further notice because the Fund did not satisfy certain minimum asset coverage ratios for the outstanding Fund preferred shares which are preconditions to the payment of common share distributions. See Note D below. On November 26, 2008, the Fund announced that it had called for redemption, sufficient amounts of Fund preferred shares to become compliant with the preconditions for the payment of common share distributions. On December 19, 2008, the Fund declared a distribution of $0.30 per common share that was paid on January 28, 2009. In 2009, the Fund expects to pay quarterly distributions of net investment income to common shareholders for the three month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2009 if, when and in such amounts as may be determined by the Fund's board of trustees in its sole discretion in light of such factors, which may or may not include market and economic conditions, and may be considered by the Fund's board of trustees, and subject to compliance with applicable law, the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Fund's bylaws and other objectives. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund's distributions may consist of ordinary income (net investment income and short term capital gains), long term capital gains and return of capital. To the extent the Fund's net realized capital gains, if any, can be offset by capital loss carry-forwards, it is the policy of the Fund not to distribute such gains. Distributions to preferred shareholders are determined as described in Note D.

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	3,188,093	$	4,084,034
Capital gain income		1,521,352		2,163,301
Return of capital		191,653		632,360

Total distributions received	$	4,901,098	$	6,879,695

The tax character of distributions made by the Fund during the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, were as follows:

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	2,204,603	$	1,698,625
Net long term capital gains		1,524,147		6,219,047

	$	3,728,750	$	7,917,672

As of December 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	$	—
Undistributed net long term capital gains		—
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)		(9,941,093	)

The difference between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of net unrealized appreciation/depreciation is due to wash sales of portfolio investments.

Under current tax law, certain capital and net foreign currency losses realized after October 31 within the taxable year may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the tax year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund elected to defer net capital losses of $29,090,545 arising between November 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.

The cost, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation of the Fund's investments for federal income tax purposes as of December 31, 2008, are as follows:

Cost	$	20,156,596

Gross unrealized appreciation	$	113,148
Gross unrealized depreciation		(10,053,757	)

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)	$	(9,940,609	)

(8) Concentration of Risk

Under normal market conditions, the Fund's investments are concentrated in income producing common shares, preferred shares and debt securities, including convertible preferred and debt securities, issued by hospitality and real estate companies and REITs. The value of Fund shares may fluctuate more than the shares of a fund not concentrated in the hospitality and real estate industries due to economic, legal, regulatory, technological or other developments affecting the United States hospitality and real estate industries.

(9) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Note B

Advisory and Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Fund has an investment advisory agreement with RMR Advisors, Inc., or RMR Advisors, to provide the Fund with a continuous investment program, to make day-to-day investment decisions and to generally manage the business affairs of the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and policies. Pursuant to the agreement, RMR Advisors is compensated at an annual rate of 0.85% of the Fund's average daily managed assets. Managed assets means the total assets of the Fund less liabilities other than any indebtedness entered into for purposes of leverage. For purposes of calculating managed assets, the liquidation preference of Fund preferred shares is not considered a liability.

RMR Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its annual fee equal to 0.25% of the Fund's average daily managed assets from April 27, 2004 until April 27, 2009. The Fund incurred net advisory fees of $356,297 during the year ended December 31, 2008. The amount of fees waived by the Advisor was $148,457 for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Each trustee who is not a director, officer or employee of RMR Advisors and who is not an "interested person" of the Fund as defined under the 1940 Act is considered to be a "disinterested trustee". Disinterested trustees are each paid by the Fund an annual fee plus attendance fees for board and committee meetings. The Fund incurred $28,735 of trustee fees and expenses during the year ended December 31, 2008.

The Fund's board of trustees, and separately the disinterested trustees, authorized the Fund to make reimbursement payments to RMR Advisors for costs related to the Fund's compliance and internal audit programs. The Fund incurred $27,852 of compliance and internal audit expense during the year ended December 31, 2008. The Fund also participates in pooled insurance programs with RMR Advisors and other funds managed by RMR Advisors and makes payments of allocated portions of related premiums. The Fund incurred $11,072 of insurance expense during the year ended December 31, 2008.

During the years ended December 31, 2008, and December 31, 2007, RMR Advisors reimbursed the Fund in the amounts of $9,353 and $1,036, respectively, for trading losses incurred due to a trade entry error.

Note C

Securities Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2008, there were purchases and sales transactions (excluding short term securities) of $7,709,331 and $33,298,330 respectively. Brokerage commissions on securities transactions amounted to $39,410 during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Note D

Preferred Shares

In June 2004 and September 2005, the Fund issued a total of 1,120 Series Th auction preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share plus an amount equal to accumulated but unpaid distributions. On December 23, 2008 and December 30, 2008, the Fund redeemed a total of 1,005 preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $25,125,000. On January 7, 2009, the Fund redeemed an additional 24 shares with a liquidation preference of $600,000. The preferred shares are senior to the Fund's common shares and rank on parity with any other class or series of preferred shares of the Fund as to the payment of periodic distributions, including distribution of assets upon liquidation. If the Fund does not timely cure a failure to (1) maintain asset coverage for the preferred shares as required by rating agencies, or (2) maintain asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, of at least 200%, the preferred shares will be subject to redemption in an amount equal to their liquidation preference plus accumulated but unpaid distributions. The holders of the preferred shares have voting rights equal to the holders of the Fund's common shares and generally vote together with the holders of the common shares as a single class. Holders of the preferred shares, voting as a separate class, also are entitled to elect two of the Fund's trustees. The Fund pays distributions on the preferred shares at a rate set

at auctions held generally every seven days. Distributions are generally payable every seven days, on the first business day following the end of a distribution period. The preferred share distribution rate was 1.83% per annum as of December 31, 2008.

To date, no auctions for preferred securities of the Fund have failed to attract sufficient clearing bids (such auctions are commonly referred to as "failed" auctions). However, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, an affiliate of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., the Fund's lead broker-dealer for its preferred securities, has acquired for its own account a substantial portion of the Fund's preferred securities in the auctions, and may ultimately come to own for its account all or substantially all of such preferred securities. According to the Royal Bank of Canada's (the parent company of RBC Capital Markets Corporation) Schedule 13G filing, dated as of January 31, 2009, it owns 11% of the Fund's issued and outstanding preferred shares. If RBC Capital Markets Corporation had not been a purchaser of preferred securities in the Fund's auctions, the auctions likely would have failed and holders of the Fund's preferred shares would not have been able to sell their preferred shares in the auctions. There can be no assurance that RBC Capital Markets Corporation or any other affiliate of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. would purchase Fund preferred shares in any future auction of Fund preferred securities, or that the Fund will not have any auction for its preferred securities fail. If an auction of the Fund's preferred shares should fail, the dividend rate for the next succeeding dividend period is set according to a pre-determined formula, and the resulting rate may be higher than the rate which the Fund would otherwise pay as a result of a successful auction. In addition, if an auction fails, holders of the Fund's preferred shares may not be able to sell their preferred shares in that auction. If auctions for the Fund's preferred shares fail, or if market conditions generally frustrate the Fund's ability to enhance investment results through the investment of capital attributable to their outstanding preferred shares, such factors may precipitate a change in the form and/or amount of investment leverage used by the Fund.

Note E

Litigation and Legal Fees

The Fund had recently been involved in litigation with its shareholder, Bulldog Investors General Partnership. The purpose of this litigation was to enforce provisions of the Fund's declaration of trust which generally limits ownership of the Fund to not more than 9.8% of the Fund's outstanding shares. The parties to this litigation entered into a settlement agreement in June 2008, and on July 1, 2008 the court granted the parties' joint motion to dismiss this litigation, effectively ending the litigation. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund incurred approximately $469,983 of legal expenses in connection with the Bulldog litigation and related matters.

Note F

Proposed Reorganization

On December 18, 2008, the Board of Trustees of each of the Fund, RMR Real Estate Fund ("RMR"), RMR F.I.R.E. Fund, RMR Preferred Dividend Fund and RMR Dividend Capture Fund, approved a proposal to reorganize these five funds into RMR Real Estate Income Fund, a newly formed closed end fund ("New RMR"), formed specifically for the purpose of effectuating such reorganizations. These reorganizations would occur pursuant to five separate Agreements and Plans of Reorganization (the "Agreements"), pending the effectiveness of a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus with respect to the reorganizations and shareholder approval. The Fund's Agreement provides for the Fund to transfer its assets to New RMR in exchange for shares of New RMR's common stock and preferred stock and New RMR's assumption of the Fund's liabilities, and for the Fund to dissolve under applicable law. The Fund currently anticipates holding a special meeting of shareholders to seek approval for its reorganization. The process of completing these reorganizations is expected to take several months. There can be no assurance that any of these reorganizations will occur. Any reorganization may be consummated whether or not the other reorganizations are consummated, except that the reorganization of RMR with New RMR must be consummated in order for any of the other reorganizations to be consummated. If approved by shareholders, it is currently anticipated that the reorganizations will occur before June 30, 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund incurred approximately $345,271 of legal expense in connection with the proposed reorganization.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders
of RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund (the "Fund"), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2008, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund at December 31, 2008, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 2009

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund
December 31, 2008

To our shareholders,

In the pages that follow, you will find data summarizing our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008, and our financial position as of December 31, 2008.

Relevant Market Conditions

Financial Services Industry Fundamentals. The events which occurred during 2008 had dramatic impacts on securities issued by financial services companies. In March, the government arranged a quick sale of Bear Stearns to JP Morgan. In the summer, news of possible defaults by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sent the markets deep into negative territory, and in September these two companies were placed into government conservatorship. Also during September, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, AIG was effectively nationalized and Bank of America announced its purchase of Merrill Lynch. In total, four major investment banks, Bear Stearns, Lehman, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia (after merging with Wells Fargo) ceased to exist during 2008.

The Federal Reserve, U.S Treasury and other Central Banks around the world have instituted various programs to inject liquidity into the banking system in an effort to stimulate lending and spur economic growth. Of all the implemented programs, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) has been the most significant and controversial. Initially created to buy financial institutions' troubled assets, it was subsequently modified by the U.S. Treasury in October to provide capital to troubled banks in an effort to protect them from further losses. However, continued losses have overwhelmed these initial efforts. Some banks have needed additional capital injections, and several small banks have been closed by the FDIC. Most recently, Congress has passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, yet another significant and controversial piece of economic legislation. As a result of these events and uncertainty concerning possible future actions by the government, including the manner in which the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will be implemented, we believe private capital, an important source of funds that might help banks emerge from their troubles much more quickly, has remained on the sidelines.

that this current recession is already longer than average and could possibly be the longest recession since the Great Depression if the economy continues posting a few more quarters of negative growth.

Fund Strategies, Techniques and Performance

Our investment objective is to provide high total returns to our common shareholders through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. There can be no assurance that we will achieve our investment objective.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, our total return calculated on net asset value, or NAV (including NAV changes and assuming a hypothetical reinvestment of distributions at NAV), was negative 83.7%. During the same period, the S&P 500 Financial Sector Index (an unmanaged index of financial services common stocks) total return was negative 55.2%, the total return for the MSCI US REIT Total Return Index (an unmanaged index of REIT common stocks) was negative 38.0% and the Merrill Lynch REIT Preferred Index (an unmanaged index of investment grade rated REIT preferred stocks) was negative 9.3%. We believe these three indices are relevant to us because our investments, excluding short term investments, as of December 31, 2008, included 4% financial services stocks, 5% REIT common stocks and 78% REIT

preferred stocks. The S&P 500 Index (an unmanaged index published as Standard and Poor's Composite Index of 500 common stocks) total return for the year ended December 31, 2008 was negative 36.9%.

The large losses which we suffered in 2008 caused us to redeem $16.8 million of the Fund's previous total of $18.0 million of outstanding auction rate securities. The Fund was required to redeem these securities in order to satisfy certain minimum asset coverage ratios for such securities established under applicable law and in our bylaws, and to establish an appropriate asset coverage cushion to mitigate the risk of future failures to satisfy such minimum asset coverage ratios. Unfortunately, the resulting smaller size of the Fund may make it more difficult for the Fund to gain back its lost NAV if and when the market generally recovers.

As of year end 2008, the Fund's investments in preferred securities increased to 72% from 43% a year ealier. Almost all of these preferred securities are issued by REITs. In the current market environment, we consider REIT preferred securities an attractive investment on a risk adjusted basis primarily for two reasons. First, we expect common share dividend cuts from REITs to continue during 2009 because of the possibility of further deterioration in commercial real estate fundamentals. Any such reductions in dividends by REITs will first impact their common shares before their preferred shares because of the preferred shares' higher position in the capital structure of REITs. Second, REIT preferred securities are generally trading at discounts to historical values of approximately 40% to 50%. We believe the discount on these securities should narrow as the credit markets recover, resulting in potential capital appreciation.

Because of the decline in the Fund's NAV and the Fund's relatively small size following its partial redemption of auction rate preferred securities, the Fund and our advisor, RMR Advisors, Inc., are currently considering actions to reduce expenses and otherwise enhance value for the Fund's shareholders. To this end, on December 23, 2008, we filed a revised preliminary joint proxy statement/prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a possible merger of the Fund with four other closed end RMR Funds (RMR Real Estate Fund, RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund, RMR Preferred Dividend Fund and RMR Dividend Capture Fund). These four other funds are also managed by RMR Advisors. If the proposed merger receives all of the required shareholder approvals and proceeds as planned, all five funds will separately be combined with RMR Real Estate Income Fund, a newly formed Delaware statutory trust which will also be

managed by our advisor, and whose assets and liabilities will ultimately consist of the combined assets and liabilities of all five funds. The process of completing these proposed combinations is expected to take several months, and each fund's combination with RMR Real Estate Income Fund may or may not occur for various reasons.

Thank you for your continued support in these very difficult times. For more information, please view our website, at www.rmrfunds.com.

Sincerely,

Adam D. Portnoy
President

February 19, 2009

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund
December 31, 2008

Portfolio holdings by sub-sector as a percentage of investments*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Banks & Thrifts		—		12	%
Other Financial Services		4	%	6	%
Diversified REITs		18	%	11	%
Hospitality REITs		17	%	13	%
Retail REITs		14	%	7	%
Other REITs less than 10%+		23	%	41	%
Other		12	%	9	%
Short term investments		12	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Real Estate		72	%	72	%
Financial Services		4	%	18	%
Other		12	%	9	%
Short term investments		12	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

Portfolio holdings by type of security*

	As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Common securities	16	%	56	%
Preferred securities	72	%	43	%
Short term investments	12	%	1	%

	100	%	100	%

*: These percentages represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by type of security as a percentage of total portfolio holdings and do not match with the percentages included in the Portfolio of Investments schedule which represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by type of security as a percentage of the Fund's total net assets.
+: Prior year percentages include sub-sectors which were in excess of 10% as of 12/31/2007 but below 10% as of 12/31/2008.

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund
Portfolio of Investments – December 31, 2008


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – 20.1%
Real Estate – 5.5%
	Apartments – 1.7%
		Apartment Investment & Management Co. *	1,814	$	20,952
		AvalonBay Communities, Inc. *	200		12,116
		Home Properties, Inc. *	200		8,120
		Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. *	300		11,148

					52,336
	Diversified – 0.5%
		National Retail Properties, Inc. *	800		13,752

					13,752
	Health Care – 1.5%
		HCP, Inc. *	500		13,885
		Health Care REIT, Inc. *	200		8,440
		Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. *	400		11,488
		OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc. *	700		11,179

					44,992
	Office – 0.8%
		Highwoods Properties, Inc. *	400		10,944
		Mack-Cali Realty Corp. *	600		14,700

					25,644
	Retail – 1.0%
		Regency Centers Corp. *	200		9,340
		Simon Property Group, Inc. *	200		10,626
		Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. *	300		11,286

					31,252
Total Real Estate (Cost $140,369)					167,976
	Other – 14.6%
		Carador PLC (Cost $1,000,000)	749,660		449,796
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,140,369)					617,772
Preferred Stocks – 94.6%
Real Estate – 89.8%
	Apartments – 6.8%
		Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series Y *	13,900		191,125
		BRE Properties, Inc., Series D *	1,000		16,680

					207,805
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – continued Real Estate – continued
	Diversified – 23.4%
		Cousins Properties, Inc., Series B *	14,798		177,576
		Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Series A *	8,050		128,800
		LBA Realty LLC, Series B *	44,700		402,300
		National Retail Properties, Inc., Series C *	700		11,550

					720,226
	Health Care – 8.2%
		HCP, Inc., Series E *	200		3,322
		Health Care REIT, Inc., Series F *	4,500		83,250
		OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D *	8,800		166,584

					253,156
	Hospitality – 22.2%
		Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A (a)*	14,000	$	28,000
		Entertainment Properties Trust, Series B *	8,000		120,000
		FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc., Series C *	48,552		315,588
		Grace Acquisition I, Inc., Series B (a)*	50,000		6,000
		Hersha Hospitality Trust, Series A *	8,000		90,800
		Host Marriott Corp., Series E *	1,100		18,920
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series A *	10,000		43,000
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B *	13,700		59,595

					681,903
	Mortgage – 0.8%
		Anthracite Capital, Inc., Series D *	3,500		22,750
		HomeBanc Corp., Series A (a)*	10,000		60
		MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc., Series A *	65		1,215

					24,025
	Office – 10.5%
		Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Series C *	9,000		179,730
		Kilroy Realty Corp., Series E *	5,000		84,450
		Parkway Properties, Inc., Series D *	5,000		60,000

					324,180
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – continued Real Estate – continued
	Retail – 17.9%
		CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Series D *	2,500		19,250
		Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc., Series A *	9,250		128,390
		Glimcher Realty Trust, Series F *	26,500		178,875
		Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G *	2,500		15,575
		Taubman Centers, Inc., Series G *	13,500		209,250

					551,340
Total Real Estate (Cost $7,355,204)					2,762,635
Financial Services – 4.8%
		Corts-UNUM Provident Financial Trust (Cost $222,310)	8,600		147,060
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $7,577,514)					2,909,695
Other Investment Company – 0.5%
		Ultra Real Estate ProShares (Cost $72,150)	2,500		15,950
Short-Term Investments – 16.2%
	Other Investment Companies – 16.2%
		Dreyfus Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 1.53% (b) (Cost $496,662)	496,662		496,662
Total Investments – 131.4% (Cost $9,286,695)					4,040,079
Other assets less liabilities – 6.8%					209,893
Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (38.2)%					(1,175,000	)
Net Assets applicable to common shareholders – 100%				$	3,074,972

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

*: Real Estate Investment Trust, or REIT.
(a): As of December 31, 2008, the Fund held securities fair valued in accordance with policies adopted by the board of trustees aggregating to $34,060 and 1.1% of market value.
(b): Rate reflects 7 day yield as of December 31, 2008.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund
Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2008

Assets
	Investments in securities, at value (cost $9,286,695)		$	4,040,079
	Cash			951
	Receivable for securities sold			411,245
	Dividends and interest receivable			71,965
	Prepaid expenses			3,455
	Other assets			24,904

		Total assets		4,552,599

Liabilities
	Payable for investment securities purchased			197,198
	Advisory fee payable			5,847
	Distributions payable – preferred shares			1,121
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities			98,461

		Total liabilities		302,627

Preferred shares, at liquidation preference
	Auction preferred shares, Series W; $.001 par value per share; 47 shares issued and outstanding at $25,000 per share liquidation preference			1,175,000

Net assets attributable to common shares			$	3,074,972

Composition of net assets
	Common shares, $.001 par value per share; unlimited number of shares authorized, 1,484,000 shares issued and outstanding		$	1,484
	Additional paid-in capital			34,583,188
	Distributions in excess of net investment income			(1,169	)
	Accumulated net realized loss on investments			(26,261,915	)
	Net unrealized depreciation on investments			(5,246,616	)

Net assets attributable to common shares			$	3,074,972

Net asset value per share attributable to common shares (based on 1,484,000 common shares outstanding)			$	2.07

See notes to financial statements.

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund

Financial Statements – continued

Statement of Operations


For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

Investment Income
	Dividends (cash distributions, net of capital gain ($563,542) and return of capital ($49,506) distributions, received or due, and net of foreign taxes withheld of $315)			$	2,030,739
	Interest				17,645

		Total investment income			2,048,384

Expenses
	Advisory				244,421
	Legal				403,217
	Administrative				95,000
	Audit				65,500
	Shareholder reporting				47,955
	Custodian				42,005
	Preferred share remarketing				39,328
	Compliance and internal audit				27,852
	Trustees' fees and expenses				27,685
	Other				69,854

		Total expenses			1,062,817
	Less: expense waived by the Advisor				(71,889	)

		Net expenses			990,928

			Net investment income		1,057,456

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
	Net realized loss on investments				(24,594,296	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments				8,072,845

	Net realized and unrealized loss on investments				(16,521,451	)

	Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income				(592,524	)

		Net decrease in net assets attributable to common shares resulting from operations		$	(16,056,519	)

See notes to financial statements.

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund

Financial Statements – continued

Statements of Changes in Net Assets


				Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
	Net investment income			$	1,057,456		$	2,324,696
	Net increase from payments by affiliates				—			1,036
	Net realized loss on investments				(24,594,296	)		(1,594,800	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments				8,072,845			(13,570,100	)
	Distributions to preferred shareholders from:
		Net investment income			(592,524	)		(585,177	)
		Net realized gain on investments			—			(449,891	)

			Net decrease in net assets attributable to common shares resulting from operations		(16,056,519	)		(13,874,236	)

	Distributions to common shareholders from:
		Net investment income			(715,831	)		(1,469,630	)
		Net realized gain on investments			—			(1,130,338	)
		Return of capital			(590,089	)		—
Capital shares transactions
	Cost of preferred shares repurchased				(16,825,000	)		(2,000,000	)

			Net decrease from capital transactions		(16,825,000	)		(2,000,000	)
	Liquidation preference of preferred shares repurchased				16,825,000			2,000,000

			Total decrease in net assets attributable to common shares		(17,362,439	)		(16,474,204	)
Net assets attributable to common shares
	Beginning of year				20,437,411			36,911,615

	End of year (including undistributed/(distributions in excess of) net investment income of $(1,169) and $269,841, respectively)			$	3,074,972		$	20,437,411

Common shares issued and repurchased
	Shares outstanding, beginning of year				1,484,000			1,484,000
		Shares issued			—			—

	Shares outstanding, end of year				1,484,000			1,484,000

See notes to financial statements.

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund
Financial Highlights

Selected Data For A Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period


			Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2006			Year Ended December 31, 2005			For the Period November 22, 2004(a) to December 31, 2004

Per Common Share Operating Performance (b)
Net asset value, beginning of period			$	13.77		$	24.87		$	22.07		$	23.99		$	24.03	(c)

Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income (d)(e)				.71			1.57			1.71			1.28			.10
Net realized and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments (e)				(11.13	)		(10.23	)		3.49			(1.01	)		.17
Distributions to preferred shareholders (common stock equivalent basis) from:
		Net investment income (e)		(.40	)		(.39	)		(.47	)		(.28	)		(.02	)
		Net realized gain on investments (e)		—			(.30	)		(.18	)		(.15	)		—

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations				(10.82	)		(9.35	)		4.55			(.16	)		.25
Less: Distributions to common shareholders from:
	Net investment income (e)			(.48	)		(.99	)		(1.27	)		(1.09	)		—
	Net realized gain on investments (e)			—			(.76	)		(.48	)		(.67	)		—
	Return of capital (e)			(.40	)		—			—			—			—
Common share offering costs charged to capital				—			—			—			—			(.04	)
Preferred share offering costs charged to capital				—			—			—			—			(.25	)

Net asset value, end of period			$	2.07		$	13.77		$	24.87		$	22.07		$	23.99

Market price, beginning of period			$	12.80		$	22.20		$	18.99		$	24.05		$	25.00

Market price, end of period			$	1.40		$	12.80		$	22.20		$	18.99		$	24.05


Total Return (f)
Total investment return based on:
	Market price (g)			(88.10	)%		(36.29	)%		27.44	%		(14.00	)%		(3.80	)%
	Net asset value (g)			(83.72)	%		(39.40)	%(h)		21.54	%		(0.64	)%		(0.17	)%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Ratio to average net assets attributable to common shares of:
	Net investment income, before total preferred share distributions (d)(e)			7.30	%		7.41	%		7.42	%		5.64	%		3.92	%(i)
	Total preferred share distributions			4.09	%		3.30	%		2.78	%		1.88	%		0.58	%(i)
	Net investment income, net of preferred share distributions (d)(e)			3.21	%		4.11	%		4.64	%		3.76	%		3.34	%(i)
	Expenses, net of fee waivers			6.84	%		2.68	%		2.39	%		2.63	%		3.45	%(i)
	Expenses, before fee waivers			7.33	%		3.09	%		2.78	%		3.03	%		3.73	%(i)
Portfolio Turnover Rate				15.25	%		63.84	%		59.48	%		64.96	%		0.00	%
Net assets attributable to common shares, end of period (000s)			$	3,075		$	20,437		$	36,912		$	32,745		$	35,594
Preferred shares, liquidation preference ($25,000 per share) (000s)			$	1,175		$	18,000		$	20,000		$	20,000		$	20,000
Asset coverage per preferred share (j)			$	90,425		$	53,385		$	71,140		$	65,931		$	69,493

(a): Commencement of operations.
(b): Based on average shares outstanding.
(c): Net asset value at November 22, 2004, reflects the deduction of the average sales load and offering costs of $0.97 per share paid by the holders of common share from the $25.00 offering price. We paid a sales load and offering cost of $1.125 per share on 1,280,000 common shares sold to the public and no sales load or offering costs on 200,000 common shares sold to affiliates of RMR Advisors for $25 per share.
(d): Amounts are net of expenses waived by RMR Advisors.
(e): As discussed in Note A (7) to the financial statements, a portion of the distributions we received on our investments are not included in investment income for financial reporting purposes.
(f): Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
(g): Total return based on per share market price assumes the purchase of common shares at the market price on the first day and sales of common shares at the market price on the last day of the period indicated; dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed to be reinvested at market prices on the ex-dividend date. The total return based on net asset value, or NAV, assumes the purchase of common shares at NAV on the first day and sales of common shares at NAV on the last day of the period indicated; distributions are assumed to be reinvested at NAV on the ex-dividend date. Results represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Total return would have been lower if RMR Advisors had not contractually waived a portion of its investment advisory fee.
(h): The impact of the net increase in payments by affiliates is less than $0.005/share and had no impact on total return.
(i): Annualized.
(j): Asset coverage per share equals net assets attributable to common shares plus the liquidation preference of the preferred shares divided by the total number of preferred shares outstanding at the end of the period.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund
Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2008

Note A

(1) Organization

RMR F.I.R.E. Fund, or the Fund, was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on August 6, 2004, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, as a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund had no operations until November 22, 2004, other than matters relating to the Fund's establishment and registration of the Fund's common shares under the Securities Act of 1933.

(2) Use of Estimates

(3) Portfolio Valuation

(4) Fair Value Measurements

•: 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 year ended December 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 December 31, 2008, in valuing the Fund's investments carried at value:

Valuation Inputs	Investments in Securities
Level 1 – Quoted prices	$	4,006,019
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs		34,060
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs		—

Total	$	4,040,079

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	$	796,000
Accrued discounts/premiums		—
Realized gain/loss and change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation		(405,000	)
Net purchases/sales		—
Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3		(391,000	)

Balance, as of 12/31/08	$	—

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments still held as of 12/31/08	$	—

(5) Securities Transactions and Investment Income

(6) Taxes

(7) Distributable Earnings

The Fund earns income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. It was the policy of the Fund to pay a stable distribution amount to common shareholders on a monthly basis and distributions to Fund shareholders were declared pursuant to this policy through September 2008. On October 16, 2008, the Fund announced that it was suspending the payment of common share distributions until further notice because the Fund did not satisfy certain minimum asset coverage ratios for the outstanding Fund preferred shares which are preconditions to the payment of common share distributions. See Note D below. On November 26, 2008, the Fund announced that it had called for redemption, sufficient amounts of Fund preferred shares to become compliant with the preconditions for the payment of common share distributions. In 2009, the Fund expects to pay quarterly distributions of net investment income to common shareholders for the three month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2009 if, when and in such amounts as may be determined by the Fund's board of trustees in its sole discretion in light of such factors, which may or may not include market and economic conditions, and may be considered by the Fund's board of trustees, and subject to compliance with applicable law, the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Fund's bylaws and other objectives. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund's distributions may consist of ordinary income (net investment income and short term capital gains), long term capital gains and return of capital. To the extent the Fund's net realized capital gains, if any, can be offset by capital loss carry-forwards, it is the policy of the Fund not to distribute such gains. Distributions to preferred shareholders are determined as described in Note D.

income, capital gain income or return of capital by the REITs that make these distributions to the Fund. The Fund has excluded from its investment income the portions of the distributions received from REITs classified by those REITs as capital gain income and return of capital. The Fund has included in its "net realized gain on investments" that portion of the distributions received from REITs that is classified by those REITs as capital gain income. Similarly, the Fund has credited its "net change in unrealized appreciation on investments" with that portion of the distributions received from REITs that is classified by those REITs as return of capital. The classification of distributions received from the Fund's investments were as follows:

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	2,030,739	$	3,051,614
Capital gain income		563,542		831,001
Return of capital		49,506		342,929

Total distributions received	$	2,643,787	$	4,225,544

The tax character of distributions made by the Fund during the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, were as follows:

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	1,308,355	$	2,291,228

Net long term capital gains		—		1,343,808
Return of capital		590,089		—

	$	1,898,444	$	3,635,036

As of December 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	$	—
Undistributed net long term capital gains		—
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)		(5,335,718	)

The difference between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of net unrealized appreciation/depreciation is due to wash sales of portfolio investments.

As of December 31, 2008, the Fund had a net capital loss carry forward for federal income tax purposes of $10,375,529 with $1,143,425 and $9,232,104 expiring in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

Under current tax law, certain capital and net foreign currency losses realized after October 31 within the taxable year may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the tax year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund elected to defer net capital losses of $15,797,285 arising between November 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.

The cost, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation of the Fund's investments for federal income tax purposes as of December 31, 2008, are as follows:

Cost	$	9,375,797

Gross unrealized appreciation	$	31,993
Gross unrealized depreciation		(5,367,711	)

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)	$	(5,335,718	)

(8) Concentration of Risk

Under normal market conditions, the Fund's investments are concentrated in income producing common shares and preferred shares issued by F.I.R.E. companies. F.I.R.E. is a commonly used acronym for the combined financial services, insurance and real estate companies. The value of Fund shares may fluctuate more than the shares of a fund not concentrated in the F.I.R.E. industries due to economic, legal, regulatory, technological or other developments affecting the United States F.I.R.E. industries.

(9) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Note B

Advisory and Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates

RMR Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its annual fee equal to 0.25% of the Fund's average daily managed assets from November 22, 2004 until November 22, 2009. The Fund incurred net advisory fees of $172,532 during the year ended December 31, 2008. The amount of fees waived by the Advisor was $71,889 for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Each trustee who is not a director, officer or employee of RMR Advisors, and who is not an "interested person" of the Fund as defined under the 1940 Act, is considered to be a "disinterested trustee". Disinterested trustees are each paid by the Fund an annual fee plus attendance fees for board and committee meetings. The Fund incurred $27,685 of trustee fees and expenses during the year ended December 31, 2008.

During the year ended December 31, 2007, RMR Advisors reimbursed the Fund in the amount of $1,036 for trading losses incurred by the Fund due to a trading error.

Note C

Securities Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2008, there were purchases and sales transactions (excluding short term securities) of $4,047,431 and $21,100,711 respectively. Brokerage commissions on securities transactions amounted to $26,923 during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Note D

Preferred Shares

In December 2004, the Fund issued 800 Series W auction preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share plus an amount equal to accumulated but unpaid distributions. On December 27, 2007, January 17, 2008, August 5, 2008, August 12, 2008, August 19, 2008, October 28, 2008, December 23, 2008 and December 30, 2008, the Fund redeemed a total of 673 preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $16,825,000. The preferred shares are senior to the Fund's common shares and rank on parity with any other class or series of preferred shares of the Fund as to the payment of periodic distributions, including distribution of assets upon liquidation. If the Fund does not timely cure a failure to (1) maintain asset coverage for the preferred shares as required by rating agencies, or (2) maintain asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, of at least 200%, the preferred shares will be subject to redemption in an amount equal to

their liquidation preference plus accumulated but unpaid distributions. The holders of the preferred shares have voting rights equal to the holders of the Fund's common shares and generally vote together with the holders of the common shares as a single class. Holders of the preferred shares, voting as a separate class, also are entitled to elect two of the Fund's trustees. The Fund pays distributions on the preferred shares at a rate set at auctions held generally every seven days. Distributions are generally payable every seven days, on the first business day following the end of a distribution period. The preferred share distribution rate was 1.83% per annum as of December 31, 2008.

To date, no auctions for preferred securities of the Fund have failed to attract sufficient clearing bids (such auctions are commonly referred to as "failed" auctions). However, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, an affiliate of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., the Fund's lead broker-dealer for its preferred securities, has acquired for its own account a substantial portion of the Fund's preferred securities in the auctions, and may ultimately come to own for its account all or substantially all of such preferred securities. According to the Royal Bank of Canada's (the parent company of RBC Capital Markets Corporation) Schedule 13G filing, dated as of January 31, 2009, it owns 23.4% of the Fund's issued and outstanding preferred shares. If RBC Capital Markets Corporation had not been a purchaser of preferred securities in the Fund's auctions, the auctions likely would have failed and holders of the Fund's preferred shares would not have been able to sell their preferred shares in the auctions. There can be no assurance that RBC Capital Markets Corporation or any other affiliate of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. would purchase Fund preferred shares in any future auction of Fund preferred securities, or that the Fund will not have any auction for its preferred securities fail. If an auction of the Fund's preferred shares should fail, the dividend rate for the next succeeding dividend period is set according to a pre-determined formula, and the resulting rate may be higher than the rate which the Fund would otherwise pay as a result of a successful auction. In addition, if an auction fails, holders of the Fund's preferred shares may not be able to sell their preferred shares in that auction. If auctions for the Fund's preferred shares fail, or if market conditions generally frustrate the Fund's ability to enhance investment results through the investment of capital attributable to their outstanding preferred shares, such factors may precipitate a change in the form and/or amount of investment leverage used by the Fund.

Note E

Proposed Reorganization

On December 18, 2008, the Board of Trustees of each of the Fund, RMR Real Estate Fund ("RMR"), RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund, RMR Preferred Dividend Fund and RMR Dividend Capture Fund, approved a proposal to reorganize these five funds into RMR Real Estate Income Fund, a newly formed closed end fund ("New RMR"), formed specifically for the purpose of effectuating such reorganizations. These reorganizations would occur pursuant to five separate Agreements and Plans of Reorganization (the "Agreements"), pending the effectiveness of a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus with respect to the reorganizations and shareholder approval. The Fund's Agreement provides for the Fund to transfer its assets to New RMR in

exchange for shares of New RMR's common stock and preferred stock and New RMR's assumption of the Fund's liabilities, and for the Fund to dissolve under applicable law. The Fund currently anticipates holding a special meeting of shareholders to seek approval for its reorganization. The process of completing these reorganizations is expected to take several months. There can be no assurance that any of these reorganizations will occur. Any reorganization may be consummated whether or not the other reorganizations are consummated, except that the reorganization of RMR with New RMR must be consummated in order for any of the other reorganizations to be consummated. If approved by shareholders, it is currently anticipated that the reorganizations will occur before June 30, 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund incurred approximately $310,525 of legal expense in connection with the proposed reorganization.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders
of RMR F.I.R.E. Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of RMR F.I.R.E. Fund (the "Fund"), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2008, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the RMR F.I.R.E. Fund at December 31, 2008, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 2009

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund
December 31, 2008

To our shareholders,

In the pages that follow, you will find data summarizing our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008, and our financial position as of December 31, 2008.

Relevant Market Conditions

Preferred Securities Market Overview. The REIT preferred market, as measured by the Merrill Lynch REIT Preferred Index, was down 9.3% in 2008, outperforming the broader equity markets. During the last month of the year, REIT preferred securities posted a strong 12% return as investors' risk appetite for higher yielding securities improved.

For 2009, we consider REIT preferred securities an attractive investment on a risk adjusted basis for two reasons. First, REITs are required to distribute substantially all of their income. Deteriorating fundamentals affecting real estate companies in 2008 caused many REITs to lower or eliminate their common share dividends and we believe this trend will continue in 2009. However, preferred dividends have generally not been reduced because REIT preferred securities occupy a higher position in the capital structure and have priority claims to a REIT's distributions. Second, REIT preferred securities are generally trading at discounts to historical values of approximately 40% to 50%. We believe the discount on these securities should narrow as the credit markets recover, resulting in potential capital appreciation.

Real Estate Industry Fundamentals. 2008 brought with it one of the toughest economic environments since at least the recession of the early 1980s. Increasing home equity values, which had been a major force behind consumer spending growth for the past 15 years, came to a halt as home prices started to decline in 2007. The credit crisis that affected Wall Street in the early part of 2008 quickly spilled over to Main Street and exacerbated the economic downturn. By year end, total job losses for the year stood at 2.8 million, with close to 70% of those losses sustained in the last four months of 2008. As a result, the unemployment rate jumped to 7.2% at 2008 year end, up from 4.8% a year earlier. The National Bureau of Economic Research has recently confirmed that the U.S. economy fell into a recession in December 2007. On average, post-World War II recessions have lasted ten months and none of them have lasted longer than 16 months. This means that this current recession is already longer than average and could possibly be the longest recession since the Great Depression if the economy continues posting a few more quarters of negative growth.

Fund Strategies, Techniques and Performance

Our primary investment objective is to provide our common shareholders high current income. Our secondary investment objective is capital appreciation. There can be no assurance that we will achieve our investment objectives.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, our total return calculated on net asset value, or NAV (including NAV changes and assuming a hypothetical reinvestment of distributions at NAV), was negative 81.7%. During that same period, the total return for the Merrill Lynch REIT Preferred Index (an unmanaged index of investment grade rated REIT preferred stocks) was negative 9.3%. We believe this index is relevant to us because our investments as of December 31, 2008, excluding short term investments, included 87% REIT preferred stocks. The S&P 500 Index (an unmanaged index published as Standard and Poor's Composite Index of 500 common stocks) total return for the year ended December 31, 2008 was negative 36.9%.

allocation to health care REITs helped to partially offset the Fund's negative performance because this subsector outperformed other REIT subsectors in 2008.

The large losses which we suffered in 2008 caused us to redeem $20.9 million of the Fund's previous total of $22.5 million of outstanding auction rate securities during 2008 and early 2009. The Fund was required to redeem these securities in order to satisfy certain minimum asset coverage ratios for such securities established under applicable law and in our bylaws, and to establish an appropriate asset coverage cushion to mitigate the risk of future failures to satisfy such minimum asset coverage ratios. Unfortunately, the resulting smaller size of the Fund may make it more difficult for the Fund to gain back its lost NAV if and when the market generally recovers.

Additionally, the Fund announced a suspension of its regular monthly dividends in October 2008 because applicable law and our bylaws prohibit the payment of common share dividends until our auction rate securities' minimum asset coverage ratios are satisfied. In 2009, the Fund expects to pay quarterly distributions instead of monthly distributions. The Internal Revenue Service has also recently announced that closed end funds are allowed to satisfy their minimum distribution requirements as a registered investment company through the partial payment of distributions in stock. The amounts and form of any future distributions will be announced near the end of each calendar quarter. Nevertheless, the annualized amounts of the Fund's 2009 distributions are expected to be substantially less than the annualized distribution rates paid by the Fund before October 2008.

Because of the decline in the Fund's NAV and the Fund's relatively small size following its partial redemption of auction rate preferred securities, the Fund and our advisor, RMR Advisors, Inc., are currently considering actions to reduce expenses and otherwise enhance value for the Fund's shareholders. To this end, on December 23, 2008, we filed a revised preliminary joint proxy statement / prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a possible merger of the Fund with four other closed end RMR Funds (RMR Real Estate Fund, RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund, RMR F.I.R.E. Fund and RMR Dividend Capture Fund). These four other funds are also managed by RMR Advisors. If the proposed merger receives all of the required shareholder approvals and proceeds as planned, all five funds will separately be combined with RMR Real Estate Income Fund, a newly formed Delaware statutory trust which will also be managed by our advisor, and whose assets and liabilities will ultimately consist of the combined assets and liabilities of all five funds. The process of completing these proposed combinations is expected to take several months, and each fund's combination with RMR Real Estate Income Fund may or may not occur for various reasons.

Thank you for your continued support in these very difficult times. For more information, please view our website, at www.rmrfunds.com.

Sincerely,

Adam D. Portnoy
President
February 19, 2009

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund
December 31, 2008

Portfolio holdings by sub-sector as a percentage of investments*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Office real estate		25	%	12	%
Hospitality real estate		24	%	27	%
Diversified real estate		12	%	8	%
Other, less than 10%		28	%	52	%
Short term investments		11	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
REITs		78	%	72	%
Other		11	%	27	%
Short term investments		11	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

Portfolio holdings by type of security*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Common securities		12	%	8	%
Preferred securities		77	%	80	%
Debt securities		—		11	%
Short term investments		11	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

*: These percentages represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by type of security as a percentage of total portfolio holdings and do not match with the percentages included in the Portfolio of Investments schedule which represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by type of security as a percentage of the Fund's net assets.

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund
Portfolio of Investments – December 31, 2008


Company			Shares	Value

Preferred Stocks – 113.2% Real Estate Investment Trusts – 113.2%
	Apartments – 2.4%
		Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series V	6,500	$	89,310
		BRE Properties, Inc., Series D	1,000		16,680

					105,990
	Diversified – 17.4%
		Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Series A	5,000		80,000
		LBA Realty LLC, Series B	25,000		225,000
		Lexington Realty Trust, Series B	33,350		346,840
		National Retail Properties, Inc., Series C	1,800		29,700
		Prologis Trust, Series G	1,900		26,790
		Vornado Realty Trust, Series E	3,500		59,500

					767,830
	Health Care – 9.4%
		HCP, Inc., Series E	1,000		16,610
		Health Care REIT, Inc., Series F	4,275		79,088
		LTC Properties, Inc., Series F	2,500		52,500
		OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Series D	14,000		265,020

					413,218
	Hospitality – 34.7%
		Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series A	6,810		43,925
		Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc., Series A (a)	95,000		190,000
		Entertainment Properties Trust, Series B	12,145		182,175
		Grace Acquisition I, Inc., Series B (a)	83,800		10,056
		Grace Acquisition I, Inc., Series C (a)	18,900		18,900
		Hersha Hospitality Trust, Series A	49,000		556,150
		LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series E	5,900		76,051
		LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series G	10,000		120,000
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series A	13,000		55,900
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B	39,100		170,085
		Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series C	25,600		108,800

					1,532,042
	Mortgage – 1.2%
		NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., Series A	5,500		49,087
		NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., Series B	105		875
		RAIT Financial Trust, Series C	700		4,165

					54,127
	Office – 36.4%
		Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Series C	15,920		317,922
		BioMed Realty Trust, Inc., Series A	28,650		404,538
		Corporate Office Properties Trust, Series G	4,900		87,906
		DRA CRT Acquisition Corp., Series A	35,060		143,746
		Kilroy Realty Corp., Series E	15,000		253,350
		Parkway Properties, Inc., Series D	20,500		246,000
		SL Green Realty Corp., Series D	10,000		151,000

					1,604,462
	Retail – 11.6%
		Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc., Series A	19,999		277,586
		Glimcher Realty Trust, Series F	9,800		66,150
		Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G	18,000		112,140
		Kimco Realty Corp., Series F	1,000		14,900
		Kimco Realty Corp., Series G	700		12,600
		Regency Centers Corp., Series D	800		14,280
		Weingarten Realty Investors, Series F	1,000		15,600

					513,256
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares	Value

Preferred Stocks – continued Real Estate Investment Trusts – continued
	Storage – 0.1%
		Public Storage, Inc. Series X	100		1,804

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $13,138,904)					4,992,729
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $13,138,904)					4,992,729
Common Stocks – 17.2%
Real Estate Investment Trusts – 1.9%
	Apartments – 1.1%
		Apartment Investment & Management Co.	413	$	4,770
		AvalonBay Communities, Inc.	300		18,174
		Home Properties, Inc.	200		8,120
		Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.	500		18,580

					49,644
	Diversified – 0.8%
		National Retail Properties, Inc.	900		15,471
		Vornado Realty Trust	300		18,105

					33,576
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $84,788)					83,220
	Other – 15.3%
		Carador PLC (Cost $1,500,000)	1,124,490		674,694
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,584,788)					757,914
Other Investment Company – 0.4%
		Ultra Real Estate ProShares (Cost $89,533)	3,050		19,459
Short-Term Investments – 16.3%
	Other Investment Companies – 16.3%
		Dreyfus Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 1.53% (b) (Cost $720,587)	720,587		720,587
Total Investments – 147.1% (Cost $15,533,812)					6,490,689
Other assets less liabilities – 84.3%					3,720,961
Preferred Shares, at liquidation preference – (131.4)%					(5,800,000	)
Net Assets applicable to common shareholders – 100%				$	4,411,650

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a): As of December 31, 2008, the Fund held securities fair valued in accordance with policies adopted by the board of trustees aggregating to $218,956 and 3.4% of market value.
(b): Rate reflects 7 day yield as of December 31, 2008.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund
Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2008

Assets
	Investments in securities, at value (cost $15,533,812)		$	6,490,689
	Cash			594
	Cash escrowed for preferred share redemptions			4,200,000
	Receivable for securities sold			328,770
	Dividends and interest receivable			99,289
	Prepaid expenses			3,455
	Other assets			21,442

		Total assets		11,144,239

Liabilities
	Payable for investment securities purchased			591,487
	Distributions payable – common shares			239,758
	Advisory fee payable			4,765
	Distributions payable – preferred shares			2,181
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities			94,398

		Total liabilities		932,589

Preferred shares, at liquidation preference
	Auction preferred shares, Series M; $.001 par value per share; 232 shares issued and outstanding at $25,000 per share liquidation preference			5,800,000

Net assets attributable to common shares			$	4,411,650

Composition of net assets
	Common shares, $.001 par value per share; unlimited number of shares authorized, 2,663,977 shares issued and outstanding		$	2,664
	Additional paid-in capital			48,135,641
	Distributions in excess of net investment income			(241,939	)
	Accumulated net realized loss on investments			(34,441,593	)
	Net unrealized depreciation on investments			(9,043,123	)

Net assets attributable to common shares			$	4,411,650

Net asset value per share attributable to common shares (based on 2,663,977 common shares outstanding)			$	1.66

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund

Financial Statements – continued

Statement of Operations


For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

Investment Income
	Dividends (cash distributions, net of capital gain ($366,078) and return of capital ($161,070) distributions, received or due)			$	3,380,679
	Interest				376,036

		Total investment income			3,756,715

Expenses
	Legal				355,530
	Advisory				345,076
	Administrative				95,000
	Audit				59,500
	Custodian				55,629
	Preferred share remarketing				54,092
	Shareholder reporting				41,616
	Compliance and internal audit				27,852
	Trustees' fees and expenses				27,685
	Other				62,525

		Total expenses			1,124,505
	Less: expense waived by the Advisor				(223,284	)

		Net expenses			901,221

			Net investment income		2,855,494

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
	Net realized loss on investments				(28,036,919	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments				4,970,378

	Net realized and unrealized loss on investments				(23,066,541	)

	Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income				(811,213	)

		Net decrease in net assets attributable to common shares resulting from operations		$	(21,022,260	)

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund
Financial Statements – continued

Statements of Changes in Net Assets


				Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
	Net investment income			$	2,855,494		$	4,256,273
	Net realized loss on investments				(28,036,919	)		(6,417,769	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments				4,970,378			(13,284,067	)
	Distributions to preferred shareholders from:
		Net investment income			(811,213	)		(1,178,280	)
		Net realized gain on investments			—			(11,673	)

			Net decrease in net assets attributable to common shares resulting from operations		(21,022,260	)		(16,635,516	)

	Distributions to common shareholders from:
		Net investment income			(1,845,892	)		(3,518,321	)
		Net realized gain on investments			—			(46,460	)
		Return of capital			(785,838	)		(1,170,113	)
Capital shares transactions
	Net proceeds from reinvestment of distributions				179,868			516,595
	Cost of preferred shares repurchased				(16,700,000	)		—

		Net decrease from capital transactions			(16,520,132	)		516,595
	Liquidation preference of preferred shares repurchased				16,700,000			—

		Total decrease in net assets attributable to common shares			(23,474,122	)		(20,853,815	)
Net assets attributable to common shares
	Beginning of year				27,885,772			48,739,587

	End of year (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $241,939 and $440,328, respectively)			$	4,411,650		$	27,885,772

Common shares issued and repurchased
	Shares outstanding, beginning of year				2,646,538			2,613,188
		Shares issued			—			—
		Shares issued (reinvestment of distributions)			17,439			33,350

	Shares outstanding, end of year				2,663,977			2,646,538

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund
Financial Highlights

Selected Data For A Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period


		Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2006			For the Period May 25, 2005(a) to December 31, 2005

Per Common Share Operating Performance
Net asset value, beginning of period		$	10.54		$	18.65		$	17.53		$	19.09	(b)

Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income (c)(d)(e)			1.07			1.62			1.90			.93
Net realized and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments (e)			(8.65	)		(7.48	)		1.43			(1.22	)
Distributions to preferred shareholders (common stock equivalent basis) from:
	Net investment income (e)		(.31	)		(.45	)		(.35	)		(.14	)
	Net realized gain on investments (e)		—			.00	(f)		(.06	)		(.02	)

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations			(7.89	)		(6.31	)		2.92			(.45	)
Less: Distributions to common shareholders from:
	Net investment income (e)		(.69	)		(1.33	)		(1.55	)		(.77	)
	Net realized gain on investments (e)		—			(.02	)		(.25	)		(.13	)
	Return of capital (e)		(.30	)		(.45	)		—			—
Common share offering costs charged to capital			—			—			—			(.04	)
Preferred share offering costs charged to capital			—			—			—			(.17	)

Net asset value, end of period		$	1.66		$	10.54		$	18.65		$	17.53

Market price, beginning of period		$	11.80		$	20.75		$	16.35		$	20.00

Market price, end of period		$	1.24		$	11.80		$	20.75		$	16.35

Total Return (g)
Total investment return based on:
	Market price (h)		(87.07	)%		(35.90	)%		39.90	%		14.10	%
	Net asset value (h)		(81.71	)%		(35.94	)%		17.48	%		3.50	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Ratio to average net assets attributable to common shares of:
	Net investment income, before total preferred share distributions (d)(e)		13.99	%		10.40	%		10.47	%		8.22%	(i)
	Total preferred share distributions		3.97	%		2.91	%		2.23	%		1.40%	(i)
	Net investment income, net of preferred share distributions (d)(e)		10.02	%		7.49	%		8.24	%		6.82%	(i)
	Expenses, net of fee waivers		4.42	%		1.88	%		1.45	%		1.54%	(i)
	Expenses, before fee waivers		5.51	%		2.73	%		2.26	%		2.29%	(i)
Portfolio Turnover Rate			9.90	%		47.76	%		23.60	%		5.60	%
Net assets attributable to common shares, end of period (000s)		$	4,412		$	27,886		$	48,740		$	45,380
Preferred shares, liquidation preference ($25,000 per share) (000s)		$	5,800		$	22,500		$	22,500		$	22,500
Asset coverage per preferred share (j)		$	44,016		$	55,984		$	79,156		$	75,422

(a): Commencement of operations.
(b): Net asset value at May 25, 2005, reflects the deduction of the average sales load and offering costs of $0.91 per share paid by the holders of common shares from the $20.00 offering price. We paid a sales load and offering cost of $0.94 per share on 2,237,500 common shares sold to the public and no sales load or offering costs on 67,500 common shares sold to affiliates of RMR Advisors for $20 per share.
(c): Based on average shares outstanding.
(d): Amounts are net of expenses waived by RMR Advisors.
(e): As discussed in Note A (7) to the financial statements, a portion of the distributions we received on our investments are not included in investment income for financial reporting purposes.
(f): Amount is less than $.005/share.
(g): Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
(h): Total return based on per share market price assumes the purchase of common shares at the market price on the first day and sales of common shares at the market price on the last day of the period indicated; dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed to be reinvested at market prices on the ex-dividend date. The total return based on net asset value, or NAV, assumes the purchase of common shares at NAV on the first day and sales of common shares at NAV on the last day of the period indicated; distributions are assumed to be reinvested at NAV on the ex-dividend date. Results represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Total return would have been lower if RMR Advisors had not contractually waived a portion of its investment advisory fee.
(i): Annualized.
(j): Asset coverage per share equals net assets attributable to common shares plus the liquidation preference of the preferred shares divided by the total number of preferred shares outstanding at the end of the period.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund
Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2008

Note A

(1) Organization

RMR Preferred Dividend Fund, or the Fund, was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on November 8, 2004, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, as a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund had no operations until May 25, 2005, other than matters relating to the Fund's establishment and registration of the Fund's common shares under the Securities Act of 1933.

(2) Use of Estimates

(3) Portfolio Valuation

(4) Fair Value Measurements

•: 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 year ended December 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 December 31, 2008, in valuing the Fund's investments carried at value:

Valuation Inputs	Investments in Securities
Level 1 – Quoted prices	$	6,271,733
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs		218,956
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs		—

Total	$	6,490,689

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	$	1,194,000
Accrued discounts/premiums		—
Realized gain/loss and change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation		(607,500	)
Net purchases/sales		—
Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3		(586,500	)

Balance, as of 12/31/08	$	—

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments still held as of 12/31/08	$	—

(5) Securities Transactions and Investment Income

(6) Taxes

(7) Distributable Earnings

The Fund earns income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. It was the policy of the Fund to pay a stable distribution amount to common shareholders on a monthly basis and distributions to Fund shareholders were declared pursuant to this policy through September 2008. On October 16, 2008, the Fund announced that it was suspending the payment of common share distributions until further notice because the Fund did not satisfy certain minimum asset coverage ratios for the outstanding Fund preferred shares which are preconditions to the payment of common share distributions. See Note D below. On November 26, 2008, the Fund announced that it had called for redemption, sufficient amounts of Fund preferred shares to become compliant with the preconditions for the payment of common share distributions. On December 19, 2008, the Fund declared a distribution of $0.09 per common share that was paid on January 28, 2009. In 2009, the Fund expects to pay quarterly distributions of net investment income to common shareholders for the three month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2009 if, when and in such amounts as may be determined by the Fund's board of trustees in its sole discretion in light of such factors, which may or may not include market and economic conditions, and may be considered by the Fund's board of trustees, and subject to compliance with applicable law, the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Fund's bylaws and other objectives. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund's distributions may consist of ordinary income (net investment income and short term capital gains), long term capital gains and return of capital. To the extent the Fund's net realized capital gains, if any, can be offset by capital loss carry-forwards, it is the policy of the Fund not to distribute such gains. Distributions to preferred shareholders are determined as described in Note D.

realized gain on investments" that portion of the distributions received from REITs that is classified by those REITs as capital gain income. Similarly, the Fund has credited its "net change in unrealized appreciation on investments" with that portion of the distributions received from REITs that is classified by those REITs as return of capital. The classification of distributions received from the Fund's investments were as follows:

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	3,380,679	$	4,267,199
Capital gain income		366,078		819,039
Return of capital		161,070		325,218

Total distributions received	$	3,907,827	$	5,411,456

The tax character of distributions made by the Fund during the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, were as follows:

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	2,657,105	$	4,696,601
Net long term capital gains		—		58,133
Return of capital		785,838		1,170,113

	$	3,442,943	$	5,924,847

As of December 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	$	—
Undistributed net long term capital gains		—
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)		(9,417,848	)

The difference between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of net unrealized appreciation/depreciation is due to wash sales of portfolio investments.

As of December 31, 2008, the Fund had a net capital loss carry forward for federal income tax purposes of $14,903,689 with $6,404,674 and $8,499,015 expiring in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

ended December 31, 2008, the Fund elected to defer net capital losses of $19,163,180 arising between November 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.

The cost, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation of the Fund's investments for federal income tax purposes as of December 31, 2008, are as follows:

Cost	$	15,908,537

Gross unrealized appreciation	$	48,109
Gross unrealized depreciation		(9,465,957	)

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)	$	(9,417,848	)

(8) Concentration of Risk

Under normal market conditions, the Fund's investments are concentrated in preferred securities issued by REITs. The value of Fund shares may fluctuate more than the shares of a fund not concentrated in the real estate industry due to economic, legal, regulatory, technological or other developments affecting the United States real estate industry.

(9) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

(10) Common Shares

The Fund issued 17,439 common shares during the year ended December 31, 2008 and 33,350 common shares during the year ended December 31, 2007, for a total consideration of $179,868 and $516,595 respectively, pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan.

Note B

Advisory and Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates

RMR Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its annual fee equal to 0.55% of the Fund's average daily managed assets from May 25, 2005 until May 24, 2010. The Fund incurred net advisory fees of

$121,792 during the year ended December 31, 2008. The amount of fees waived by the Advisor was $223,284 for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Each trustee who is not a director, officer or employee of RMR Advisors, and who is not an "interested person" of the Fund as defined under the 1940 Act, is considered to be a "disinterested trustee". Disinterested trustees are each paid by the Fund an annual fee plus attendance fees for board and committee meetings. The Fund incurred $27,685 of trustee fees and expenses during the year ended December 31, 2008.

The Fund's board of trustees, and separately the disinterested trustees, authorized the Fund to make reimbursement payments to RMR Advisors for costs related to the Fund's compliance and internal audit programs. The Fund incurred $27,852 of compliance and internal audit expense during the year ended December 31, 2008. The Fund also participates in pooled insurance programs with RMR Advisors and other funds managed by RMR Advisors and makes payments of allocated portions of related premiums. The Fund incurred $10,809 of insurance expense during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Note C

Securities Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2008, there were purchases and sales transactions (excluding short term securities) of $3,685,109 and $24,340,183 respectively. Brokerage commissions on securities transactions amounted to $21,279 during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Note D

Preferred Shares

In July 2005, the Fund issued 900 Series M auction preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share plus an amount equal to accumulated but unpaid distributions. On August 15, 2008, August 22, 2008, October 31, 2008 and December 26, 2008, the Fund redeemed a total of 668 preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $16,700,000. On January 2, 2009 and January 9, 2009, the Fund redeemed an additional 168 shares with a liquidation preference of $4,200,000. The preferred shares are senior to the Fund's common shares and rank on parity with any other class or series of preferred shares of the Fund as to the payment of periodic distributions, including distribution of assets upon liquidation. If the Fund does not timely cure a failure to (1) maintain asset coverage for the preferred shares as required by rating agencies, or (2) maintain asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, of at least 200%, the preferred shares will be subject to redemption in an amount equal to their liquidation preference plus accumulated but unpaid distributions. The holders of the preferred shares have voting rights equal to the holders of the Fund's common shares and generally vote together with the holders of the common shares as a single class. Holders of the preferred shares, voting as a separate class, also are entitled to elect two of the Fund's trustees. The Fund pays

distributions on the preferred shares at a rate set at auctions held generally every seven days. Distributions are generally payable every seven days, on the first business day following the end of a distribution period. The preferred share distribution rate was 1.89% per annum as of December 31, 2008.

To date, no auctions for preferred securities of the Fund have failed to attract sufficient clearing bids (such auctions are commonly referred to as "failed" auctions). However, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, an affiliate of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., the Fund's lead broker-dealer for its preferred securities, has acquired for its own account a substantial portion of the Fund's preferred securities in the auctions, and may ultimately come to own for its account all or substantially all of such preferred securities. According to the Royal Bank of Canada's (the parent company of RBC Capital Markets Corporation) Schedule 13G filing, dated as of January 31, 2009, it owns 67.2% of the Fund's issued and outstanding preferred shares. If RBC Capital Markets Corporation had not been a purchaser of preferred securities in the Fund's auctions, the auctions likely would have failed and holders of the Fund's preferred shares would not have been able to sell their preferred shares in the auctions. There can be no assurance that RBC Capital Markets Corporation or any other affiliate of RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. would purchase Fund preferred shares in any future auction of Fund preferred securities, or that the Fund will not have any auction for its preferred securities fail. If an auction of the Fund's preferred shares should fail, the dividend rate for the next succeeding dividend period is set according to a pre-determined formula, and the resulting rate may be higher than the rate which the Fund would otherwise pay as a result of a successful auction. In addition, if an auction fails, holders of the Fund's preferred shares may not be able to sell their preferred shares in that auction. If auctions for the Fund's preferred shares fail, or if market conditions generally frustrate the Fund's ability to enhance investment results through the investment of capital attributable to their outstanding preferred shares, such factors may precipitate a change in the form and/or amount of investment leverage used by the Fund.

Note E

Proposed Reorganization

On December 18, 2008, the Board of Trustees of each of the Fund, RMR Real Estate Fund ("RMR"), RMR Hospitality and Real Estate Fund, RMR F.I.R.E. Fund and RMR Dividend Capture Fund, approved a proposal to reorganize these five funds into RMR Real Estate Income Fund, a newly formed closed end fund ("New RMR"), formed specifically for the purpose of effectuating such reorganizations. These reorganizations would occur pursuant to five separate Agreements and Plans of Reorganization (the "Agreements"), pending the effectiveness of a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus with respect to the reorganizations and shareholder approval. The Fund's Agreement provides for the Fund to transfer its assets to New RMR in exchange for shares of New RMR's common stock and preferred stock and New RMR's assumption of the Fund's liabilities, and for the Fund to dissolve under applicable law. The Fund currently anticipates holding a special meeting of shareholders to seek approval for its reorganization. The process of completing these reorganizations is expected to take several months. There can be no assurance that any of these reorganizations will occur. Any

reorganization may be consummated whether or not the other reorganizations are consummated, except that the reorganization of RMR with New RMR must be consummated in order for any of the other reorganizations to be consummated. If approved by shareholders, it is currently anticipated that the reorganizations will occur before June 30, 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund incurred approximately $283,403 of legal expense in connection with the proposed reorganization.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders
of RMR Preferred Dividend Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of RMR Preferred Dividend Fund (the "Fund"), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2008, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the RMR Preferred Dividend Fund at December 31, 2008, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 2009

RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund
December 31, 2008

To our shareholders,

In the pages that follow, you will find data summarizing our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008, and our financial position as at December 31, 2008.

Relevant Market Conditions

Real Estate Industry Fundamentals. In 2009, we expect commercial real estate fundamentals in the Asia Pacific region to soften as the impacts of the global financial crisis lead to a slowing world economy. Office market vacancy rates will likely increase in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo as commercial activity decreases. Employment declines will likely result in less disposable income and less retail expenditures, which may adversely affect the value of retail real estate. In the industrial real estate sector, we expect slowing GDP and trade growth will limit industrial space demand. However, some continuing growth in exports from certain emerging countries in Asia may act as a positive offset in certain markets and for certain real estate securities. We expect that residential real estate prices may soften as buyers withhold purchases because of general economic uncertainty. The long term demand for residential real estate across Asia remains firm; however, the short term impact and negative sentiment carrying from the credit crisis and slowing GDP growth is slowing acquisitions.

We expect 2009 GDP growth will slow in Asia. Nevertheless, the Asian region may demonstrate superior GDP growth relative to the rest of the world, led by China, India and other Asian emerging countries. The International Monetary Fund expects 5.5% GDP growth for the developing Asia countries in 2009, compared to 0.5% expected world GDP growth.

Real estate companies in the region are generally conservatively financed. However, the credit tightening by lenders across the globe combined with slowing end user demand may slow the rate of growth for Asia Pacific based real estate companies in 2009.

Real Estate Industry Technicals. We believe demand for real estate investments in the Asia Pacific region may increase if a clearer outlook of the world economy emerges and an easing in credit availability begins in the second half of 2009. The number of REITs in the region continues to grow, with the Philippines and India currently considering initiating REIT legislation.

Fund Strategies, Techniques and Performance

Our primary investment objective is capital appreciation. There can be no assurance that we will achieve our investment objective.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, our total return on net asset value, or NAV, was negative 53.8%. During that same period, the total return for the EPRA NAREIT Asia Index (an unmanaged index of Asia

Pacific real estate common stocks) was negative 54.3%. We believe this index is relevant to us because all our investments as of December 31, 2008, excluding short term investments, were in securities of real estate companies in countries covered by this index. The S&P 500 Index (an unmanaged index published as Standard and Poor's Composite Index of 500 common stocks) total return for the year ended December 31, 2008 was negative 36.9%.

Because of the decline in the Fund's NAV and the Fund's relatively small size, the Fund and our advisor, RMR Advisors, Inc., are currently considering actions to reduce expenses and otherwise enhance value for the Fund's shareholders. To this end, on December 23, 2008, we filed a preliminary joint proxy statement / prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a possible merger of the Fund with RMR Asia Real Estate Fund. This other fund is also managed by RMR Advisors. If the proposed merger receives all of the required shareholder approvals and proceeds as planned, the two funds will separately be combined with New RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund, a newly formed Delaware statutory trust which will also be managed by our advisor, and whose assets and liabilities will ultimately consist of the combined assets and liabilities of both funds. The process of completing these proposed combinations is expected to take several months, and each fund's combination with New RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund may or may not occur for various reasons.

Thank you for your continued support during these very difficult times. For more information, please view our website, at www.rmrfunds.com.

Sincerely,

Adam D. Portnoy
President

February 19, 2009

Portfolio holdings by sub-sector as a percentage of investments*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Diversified		47	%	63	%
Office		18	%	13	%
Hospitality		12	%	10	%
Others, less than 10%		8	%	13	%
Short term investments		15	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Real Estate		85	%	99	%
Short term investments		15	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

Portfolio holdings by country*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Japan		37	%	30	%
Hong Kong		30	%	37	%
Others, less than 10%+		18	%	32	%
Short term investments		15	%	1	%

	Total	100	%	100	%

*: These percentages represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by country as a percentage of total portfolio holdings and do not match with the percentages included in the Portfolio of Investments schedule which represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by country as a percentage of the Fund's net assets.
+: Prior year percentages include countries which were in excess of 10% as of 12/31/2007 but below 10% as of 12/31/2008.

Portfolio Management Changes

On July 17, 2008, Roberto Versace was appointed a co-portfolio manager for the Fund. Craig Dunstan remains a co-portfolio manager for the Fund. Mr. Versace has been a Fund Manager at MacarthurCook since July 2007. From September 2005 to June 2007, Mr. Versace was with the global investment and advisory firm Babcock & Brown as part of its Global Real Estate Team. From September 2000 to June 2004, Mr. Versace was an analyst with Colonial First State Global Asset Management, the largest manager of Australian sourced funds.

RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund
Portfolio of Investments – December 31, 2008


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – 83.6% Australia – 8.7%
	Apartments – 0.8%
		Peet, Ltd.	124,040	$	133,880
	Diversified – 2.2%
		Charter Hall Group	345,000		67,677
		Dexus Property Group *	315,000		180,375
		FKP Property Group	49,000		17,269
		Mirvac Group *	106,000		94,869

					360,190
	Office – 5.7%
		Commonwealth Property Office Fund *	655,000		540,026
		Cromwell Group	953,898		393,451

					933,477
Total Australia (Cost $3,834,789)					1,427,547
Hong Kong – 30.4%
	Diversified – 12.2%
		China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd.	292,000		410,008
		China Resources Land, Ltd.	336,000		415,899
		Hongkong Land Holdings, Ltd.	157,000		391,567
		Hysan Development Co., Ltd.	183,000		297,547
		Kerry Properties, Ltd.	45,500		122,400
		KWG Property Holding, Ltd.	433,000		129,596
		The Wharf (Holdings), Ltd.	92,000		254,670

					2,021,687
	Hospitality – 11.9%
		Regal Real Estate Investment Trust *	853,000		107,210
		Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd.	221,000		1,859,613

					1,966,823
	Office – 0.8%
		Champion Real Estate Investment Trust *	475,000		128,139
	Retail – 5.5%
		Hang Lung Properties, Ltd.	410,000		900,182
Total Hong Kong (Cost $7,654,707)					5,016,831
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – continued
Japan – 37.2%
	Diversified – 24.9%
		Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.	20,500		396,299
		Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.	76,000		1,255,435
		Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.	90,000		1,500,500
		Shoei Co., Ltd.	13,100		135,497
		Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.	55,000		826,767

					4,114,498
	Office – 12.3%
		Nippon Building Fund, Inc. *	56		615,539
		Nomura Real Estate Office Fund, Inc. *	24		156,159
		NTT Urban Development Corp.	665		720,176
		Orix REIT, Inc. *	30		142,481
		Tokyu REIT, Inc. *	63		391,088

					2,025,443
Total Japan (Cost $8,169,394)					6,139,941
Philippines – 0.1%
	Diversified – 0.1%
		Filinvest Land, Inc.	1,220,000		10,652
Total Philippines (Cost $31,297)					10,652
Singapore – 7.2%
	Diversified – 7.2%
		Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust *	352,000	$	338,635
		Cambridge Industrial Trust *	1,740,000		334,318
		Capitaland, Ltd. *	112,000		244,376
		Singapore Land, Ltd.	26,000		63,853
		Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust *	230,000		114,337
		Yanlord Land Group, Ltd.	150,000		94,489

					1,190,008
Total Singapore (Cost $1,982,251)					1,190,008
Total Common Stocks (Cost $21,672,438)					13,784,979
Warrants – 1.7%
India – 1.1%
		DLF, Ltd., Macquarie Bank, Ltd., expiring 6/26/12 (a)	19,500		112,905
		Unitech, Ltd., Macquarie Bank, Ltd., expiring 5/29/13 (a)	83,000		68,890
Total India (Cost $859,262)					181,795
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.


Company			Shares	Value

Warrants – continued
Taiwan – 0.6%
		Chong Hong Construction, Macquarie Bank, Ltd., expiring 5/13/13 (a)	88,739		72,766
		Farglary Land Development Co., Ltd.,Macquarie Bank, Ltd, expiring 1/17/12 (a)	45,000		32,850
Total Taiwan (Cost $434,569)					105,616
Total Warrants (Cost $1,293,831)					287,411
Rights – 0.0%
Hong Kong – 0.0%
		China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd., expiring 1/21/09 (a)(b) (Cost $0)	11,680		3,918
Short-Term Investments – 14.7%
	Other Investment Companies – 14.7%
		Dreyfus Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 1.53% (b) (Cost $2,417,730)	2,417,730		2,417,730
Total Investments – 100.0% (Cost $25,383,999) (c)					16,494,038
Other assets less liabilities – 0.0%					1,859
Net Assets – 100%				$	16,495,897

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

*: Company is organized as a real estate investment trust as defined by the laws of its country of domicle.
(a): As of December 31, 2008, this security had not paid a distribution.
(b): Rate reflects 7 day yield as of December 31, 2008.
(c): As of December 31, 2008, the Fund held securities fair valued in accordance with policies adopted by the board of trustees aggregating to $14,076,308 and 85.3% of market value.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund
Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2008

Assets
	Investments in securities, at value (cost $25,383,999)		$	16,494,038
	Cash			213
	Foreign currency, at value (cost $26,057)			27,736
	Dividends and interest receivable			69,874
	Prepaid expenses			3,455

		Total assets		16,595,316

Liabilities
	Advisory fee payable			9,948
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities			89,471

		Total liabilities		99,419

Net assets			$	16,495,897

Composition of net assets
	$.001 par value per share; unlimited number of shares authorized, 1,755,000 shares issued and outstanding		$	1,755
	Additional paid-in capital			31,300,655
	Distributions in excess of net investment income			(125,888	)
	Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions			(5,795,417	)
	Net unrealized depreciation on investments and foreign currency transactions			(8,885,208	)

Net assets			$	16,495,897

Net asset value per share (based on 1,755,000 common shares outstanding)			$	9.40

See notes to financial statements.

Statement of Operations


For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

Investment Income
	Dividends (Cash dividends received or due, net of foreign taxes withheld of $53,253)			$	747,514
	Interest				32,745

		Total investment income			780,259

Expenses
	Advisory				241,529
	Legal				145,250
	Administrative				95,000
	Custodian				73,060
	Audit				52,500
	Shareholder reporting				36,546
	Compliance and internal audit				27,852
	Trustees' fees and expenses				20,335
	Other				48,248

		Total expenses			740,320
	Less: expense waived by the Advisor				(60,382	)

		Net expenses			679,938

			Net investment income		100,321

Realized and unrealized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions
	Net realized loss on investments				(5,342,692	)
	Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions				(33,838	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions				(13,937,820	)

		Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations		$	(19,214,029	)

See notes to financial statements.

Statements of Changes in Net Assets


				Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
	Net investment income			$	100,321		$	203,750
	Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions				(5,376,530	)		6,437,332
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions				(13,937,820	)		(1,965,895	)

			Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		(19,214,029	)		4,675,187

	Distributions to common shareholders from:
		Net investment income			—			(6,911,460	)
		Net realized gain on investments			—			(3,565,890	)

Capital shares transactions
		Total decrease in net assets			(19,214,029	)		(5,802,163	)
Net assets
	Beginning of year				35,709,926			41,512,089

	End of year (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $125,888 and $2,746,073, respectively)			$	16,495,897		$	35,709,926

Common shares issued and repurchased
	Shares outstanding, beginning of year				1,755,000			1,755,000
		Shares issued			—			—

	Shares outstanding, end of year				1,755,000			1,755,000

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund
Financial Highlights

Selected Data For A Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period


		Year Ended December 31, 2008			Year Ended December 31, 2007			For the Period May 25, 2006(a) to December 31, 2006

Per Common Share Operating Performance (b)
Net asset value, beginning of period		$	20.35		$	23.65		$	19.08	(c)

Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income (d)			.06			.12			.21
Net realized and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments			(11.00	)		2.55			4.40

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations			(10.94	)		2.67			4.61
Less: Distributions to common shareholders from:
	Net investment income		—			(3.94	)		—
	Net realized gain on investments		—			(2.03	)		—
Common share offering costs charged to capital			—			—			(.04	)

Net asset value, end of period		$	9.41		$	20.35		$	23.65

Market price, beginning of period		$	16.95		$	23.41		$	20.00

Market price, end of period		$	6.43		$	16.95		$	23.41


Total Return (e)
Total investment return based on:
	Market price (f)		(62.06	)%		(2.99	)%		17.05	%
	Net asset value (f)		(53.76	)%		11.80	%		23.95	%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Ratio to average net assets attributable to common shares of:
	Net investment income (d)		0.42	%		0.45	%		1.64	%(g)
	Expenses, net of fee waivers		2.82	%		1.78	%		2.25	%(g)
	Expenses, before fee waivers		3.07	%		2.03	%		2.50	%(g)
Portfolio Turnover Rate			42.97	%		68.69	%		27.61	%
Net assets attributable to common shares, end of period (000s)		$	16,496		$	35,710		$	41,512

(a): Commencement of operations.
(b): Based on average shares outstanding.
(c): Net asset value at May 25, 2006, reflects the deduction of the average sales load and offering costs of $0.92 per share paid by the holders of common shares from the $20.00 offering price. We paid a sales load and offering cost of $0.94 per share on 1,710,000 shares sold to the public and no sales load or offering costs on 40,000 common shares sold to affiliates of the RMR Advisors for $20 per share.
(d): Amounts are net of expenses waived by RMR Advisors.
(e): Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
(f): Total return based on per share market price assumes the purchase of common shares at the market price on the first day and sales of common shares at the market price on the last day of the period indicated; dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed to be reinvested at market prices on the ex-dividend date. The total return based on net asset value, or NAV, assumes the purchase of common shares at NAV on the first day and sales of common shares at NAV on the last day of the period indicated; distributions are assumed to be reinvested at NAV on the ex-dividend date. Results represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Total return would have been lower if RMR Advisors had not contractually waived a portion of its investment advisory fee.
(g): Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund
Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2008

Note A

(1) Organization

RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund, or the Fund, was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on February 14, 2006, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund had no operations prior to May 25, 2006, other than matters relating to the Fund's establishment and registration of the Fund's common shares under the Securities Act of 1933.

(2) Use of Estimates

(3) Portfolio Valuation

Investment securities of the Fund are valued at the latest sales price reflected on the consolidated tape of the exchange that reflects the principal market for such securities whenever that price is readily available on that day; securities for which no sales were reported on that day, unless otherwise noted, are valued at the average of the closing bid and ask prices on that day. Any of the Fund's securities which are not readily marketable, which are not traded or which have other characteristics of illiquidity are valued by the Fund at fair value as determined in good faith under the supervision of the Fund's board of trustees. Numerous factors may be considered when determining fair value of a security, including cost at date of purchase, type of security, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities of the same type outstanding. Short-term debt securities with less than 60 days until maturity may be valued at amortized cost plus interest accrued, which approximates fair market value.

Some foreign markets close before the close of customary trading sessions on the NYSE Alternext US (normally 4:00 p.m. eastern time). Often, events occur after the principal foreign exchange on which the foreign securities trade has closed but before the NYSE Alternext US closes and the Fund determines net asset value, or NAV, that could affect the value of the securities the Fund owns or cause their prices to be unreliable. If these events are expected to materially affect the Fund's NAV, the prices of such securities will be adjusted to reflect their estimated fair value as of the close of the NYSE Alternext US, as determined in good faith under procedures established by the Fund's board of trustees.

(4) Fair Value Measurements

the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in valuing 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 valuing 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 year ended December 31, 2008, maximized the use of observable inputs and minimized the use of unobservable inputs. When the S&P 500 Index (an unmanaged index published as Standard & Poor's Composite Index of 500 common stocks) fluctuates significantly from the previous day close, the Fund believes that the closing price of foreign securities on the principal foreign exchange on which they trade may no longer represent the fair value of these securities at the time the U.S. market closes and the Fund values its investment securities. Accordingly, in such circumstances, the Fund reports holdings in such foreign securities at their fair values as determined by an independent security pricing service. The service uses a multi-factor model that includes such information as the security's local closing price, relevant general and sector indices, currency fluctuations, depository receipts and futures, as applicable. The model generates an adjustment factor for each security that is applied to the local closing price to adjust it for post closing events, resulting in the security's reported fair value.

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

Valuation Inputs	Investments in Securities
Level 1 – Quoted prices	$	2,417,730
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs		14,076,308
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs		—

Total	$	16,494,038

There were no investments in securities characterized as Level 3 as of December 31, 2007 or December 31, 2008.

(5) Securities Transactions and Investment Income

accretion of discount on short term investments, is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis.

(6) Taxes

Some Asia Pacific governments may subject the Fund's investment income and securities sales to withholding or other taxes. For the year ended December 31, 2008, $53,253 of foreign taxes have been withheld from distributions to the Fund and recorded as a reduction of dividend income.

(7) Distributable Earnings

The Fund earns income, net of expenses, daily on its investments. It is the policy of the Fund to make distributions of its income at least annually in amounts at least equal to the amount necessary to maintain its status as a regulated investment company. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund's distributions may consist of ordinary income (net investment income and short term capital gains), long term capital gains and return of capital. To the extent the Fund's net realized capital gains, if any, can be offset by capital loss carry-forwards, it is the policy of the Fund not to distribute such gains.

The tax character of distributions made by the Fund during the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, were as follows:

	Year ended December 31, 2008		Year ended December 31, 2007
Ordinary income	$	—	$	9,007,262
Net long term capital gains		—		1,470,088

	$	—	$	10,477,350

As of December 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a federal income tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income	$	—
Undistributed net long term capital gains		—
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)		(9,035,024	)

As of December 31, 2008, the Fund had a net capital loss carry forward for federal income tax purposes of $5,723,509 all of which expires in the year 2016.

Under current tax law, certain capital, net foreign currency losses and net passive foreign investment company mark to market losses realized after October 31 within the taxable year may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the tax year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund elected to defer net capital losses of $42,645 and net foreign currency losses of $5,336 arising between November 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.

The difference between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of unrealized appreciation/depreciation is due to mark to market and adjustments to the Fund's investments in passive foreign investment companies and wash sales of portfolio investments.

The cost, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation of the Fund's investments for federal income tax purposes as of December 31, 2008, are as follows:

Cost	$	25,533,815

Gross unrealized appreciation	$	276,367
Gross unrealized depreciation		(9,316,144	)

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)	$	(9,039,777	)

(8) Concentration of Risk

Under normal market conditions, the Fund's investments are concentrated in common shares, preferred shares and debt securities, including convertible preferred and debt securities, issued by Asia Pacific real estate companies and REITs. The value of Fund shares may fluctuate more than the shares of a fund not concentrated in the real estate industry or in the Asia Pacific region due to economic, legal, regulatory, technological or other developments affecting the Asia Pacific real estate industry and securities market.

(9) Foreign Securities Risk

As compared to U.S. securities, foreign securities may be issued by companies which provide less financial and other information, and which are subject to less developed and difficult to access legal systems, less stringent accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards or different governmental regulations. As compared to U.S. securities markets, foreign securities markets may have different settlement procedures, may have higher transaction costs, may be conducted in a less regulated manner, are generally smaller and may be less liquid and more volatile than securities markets in the U.S. The value of foreign securities may also decline or be unstable because of political, social or economic events or instability outside of the U.S.

(10) Foreign Currency Transactions

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated daily into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rates on the respective transaction dates.

The Fund does not isolate the portion of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of investments. Such fluctuations are included in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represents net foreign currency gain (loss) from forward currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gain (loss) realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amount of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's accounting records and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency appreciation/(depreciation) arises from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, as a result of changes in exchange rates.

(11) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Note B

Advisory, Subadvisory and Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Fund has an investment advisory agreement with RMR Advisors, Inc. or RMR Advisors, to provide the Fund with a continuous investment program, oversee the subadvisor and generally manage the business affairs of the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and policies. Pursuant to the agreement, RMR Advisors is compensated at an annual rate of 1% of the Fund's average daily managed assets.

RMR Advisors has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its annual fee equal to 0.25% of the Fund's average daily managed assets from May 25, 2006 until May 25, 2011. The Fund incurred net advisory fees of $181,147 during the year ended December 31, 2008. The amount of fees waived by the Advisor was $60,382 for the year ended December 31, 2008.

RMR Advisors has entered into a subadvisory agreement with MacarthurCook Investment Managers Ltd., or MacarthurCook, to make day-to-day investment decisions and to generally manage the business affairs of the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and policies. Pursuant to the agreement, RMR Advisors, and not the Fund, pays the subadvisor a monthly fee equal to an annual rate of 0.375% of the Fund's average daily managed assets. MacarthurCook has agreed to waive a portion of the fee payable by RMR Advisors such that until May 25, 2011, the fee payable will be equal to 0.25% of the Fund's average daily managed assets.

Each trustee who is not a director, officer or employee of RMR Advisors, and who is not an "interested person" of the Fund as defined under the 1940 Act, is considered to be a "disinterested trustee". Disinterested trustees are each paid by the Fund an annual fee plus attendance fees for board and committee meetings. The Fund incurred $20,335 of trustee fees and expenses during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Note C

Securities Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2008, there were purchases and sales transactions (excluding short term securities) of $10,458,611 and $20,177,817 respectively. Brokerage commissions on securities transactions amounted to $54,693 during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Note D

Proposed Reorganization

On December 18, 2008, the Board of Trustees of each of the Fund and RMR Asia Real Estate Fund ("RAF") approved a proposal to reorganize these two funds into New RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund, a newly formed closed end fund ("New RAP"), formed specifically for the purpose of effectuating such reorganizations. These reorganizations would occur pursuant to two separate Agreements and Plans of Reorganization (the "Agreements"), pending the effectiveness of a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus with respect to the reorganizations and shareholder approval. The Fund's Agreement provides for the Fund to transfer its assets to New RAP in exchange for shares of New RAP's common stock and New RAP's assumption of the Fund's liabilities, and for the Fund to dissolve under applicable law. The Fund currently anticipates holding a special meeting of shareholders to seek approval for its reorganization. The process of completing these reorganizations is expected to take several months. There can be no assurance that any of these reorganizations will occur. It is a condition to the consummation of RAF's reorganization with New RAP that the Fund's shareholders approve the Fund's reorganization with New RAP and that the Fund's reorganization with New RAP is consummated. If approved by shareholders, it is currently anticipated that the reorganizations will occur before June 30, 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund incurred approximately $49,071 of legal expense in connection with the proposed reorganization.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders
of RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund (the "Fund"), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2008, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2008, by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund, at December 31, 2008, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the periods then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 2009

RMR Asia Real Estate Fund
December 31, 2008

To our shareholders,

In the pages that follow, you will find data summarizing our financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008, and our financial position as at December 31, 2008.

Relevant Market Conditions

Fund Strategies, Techniques and Performance

Our primary investment objective is capital appreciation. There can be no assurance that we will achieve our investment objective.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, our total return on net asset value, or NAV, was negative 47.8%. During that same period, the total return for the EPRA NAREIT Asia Index (an unmanaged index of Asia

Because of the decline in the Fund's NAV and the Fund's relatively small size, the Fund and our advisor, RMR Advisors, Inc., are currently considering actions to reduce expenses and otherwise enhance value for the Fund's shareholders. To this end, on December 23, 2008, we filed a preliminary joint proxy statement / prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a possible merger of the Fund with RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund. This other fund is also managed by RMR Advisors. If the proposed merger receives all of the required shareholder approvals and proceeds as planned, the two funds will separately be combined with New RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund, a newly formed Delaware statutory trust which will also be managed by our advisor, and whose assets and liabilities will ultimately consist of the combined assets and liabilities of both funds. The process of completing these proposed combinations is expected to take several months, and each fund's combination with New RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund may or may not occur for various reasons.

Thank you for your continued support during these very difficult times. For more information, please view our website, at www.rmrfunds.com.

Sincerely,

Adam D. Portnoy
President

February 19, 2008

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Portfolio holdings by sub-sector as a percentage of investments*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Diversified		55	%	69	%
Office		13	%	6	%
Hospitality		13	%	11	%
Other, less than 10%		6	%	13	%
Short term investments		13	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Real Estate		87	%	99	%
Short term investments		13	%	1	%

	Total investments	100	%	100	%

Portfolio holdings by country*

		As of 12/31/2008		As of 12/31/2007
Japan		45	%	34	%
Hong Kong		33	%	45	%
Other, less than 10%+		9	%	20	%
Short term investments		13	%	1	%

	Total	100	%	100	%

*: These percentages represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by country as a percentage of total portfolio holdings and do not match with the percentages included in the Portfolio of Investments schedule which represent the Fund's portfolio holdings by sub-sector and by country as a percentage of the Fund's net assets.
+: Prior year percentages include countries which were in excess of 10% as of 12/31/2007 but below 10% as of 12/31/2008.

Portfolio Management Changes

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RMR Asia Real Estate Fund
Portfolio of Investments – December 31, 2008


Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – 85.1%
Hong Kong – 32.3%
	Diversified – 14.3%
		China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd.	600,000	$	842,482
		China Resources Land, Ltd.	1,015,000		1,256,363
		Hongkong Land Holdings, Ltd.	405,000		1,010,093
		Hysan Development Co., Ltd.	1,025,000		1,666,586
		Kerry Properties, Ltd.	195,000		524,571
		KWG Property Holding, Ltd.	1,060,000		317,255
		The Wharf (Holdings), Ltd.	296,000		819,374

					6,436,724
	Hospitality – 12.7%
		Regal Real Estate Investment Trust *	1,174,300		147,594
		Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd.	659,000		5,545,180

					5,692,774
	Office – 1.0%
		Champion Real Estate Investment Trust *	1,735,000		468,044
	Retail – 4.3%
		Hang Lung Properties, Ltd.	880,000		1,932,099
Total Hong Kong (Cost $24,612,974)					14,529,641
Japan – 45.1%
	Diversified – 33.0%
		Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.	53,000		1,024,577
		Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.	353,500		5,839,425
		Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.	300,000		5,001,668
		Shoei Co., Ltd.	40,460		418,489
		Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.	169,000		2,540,430

					14,824,589
	Office – 12.1%
		Nippon Building Fund, Inc. *	210		2,308,270
		Nomura Real Estate Office Fund, Inc. *	71		461,971
		NTT Urban Development Corp.	1,400		1,516,159
		Orix REIT, Inc. *	80		379,951
		Tokyu REIT, Inc. *	127		788,384

					5,454,735
Total Japan (Cost $34,422,793)					20,279,324
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.

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Company			Shares	Value

Common Stocks – continued
Philippines – 0.1%
	Diversified – 0.1%
		Filinvest Land, Inc.	3,580,000		31,256
Total Philippines (Cost $102,080)					31,256
Singapore – 7.6%
	Diversified – 7.6%
		Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust *	1,020,000		981,271
		Cambridge Industrial Trust *	4,605,000		884,790
		Capitaland, Ltd. *	330,000		720,037
		Singapore Land, Ltd.	105,000		257,867
		Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust *	640,000		318,154
		Yanlord Land Group, Ltd.	390,000		245,672

					3,407,791
Total Singapore (Cost $5,834,931)					3,407,791
Total Common Stocks (Cost $64,972,778)					38,248,012
Warrants – 1.6%
India – 1.0%
		DLF, Ltd., Macquarie Bank, Ltd., expiring 6/26/12 (a)	48,000		277,920
		Unitech, Ltd., Macquarie Bank, Ltd., expiring 5/29/13 (a)	180,000		149,400
Total India (Cost $1,883,662)					427,320
Taiwan – 0.6%
		Chong Hong Construction, Macquarie Bank, Ltd., expiring 5/13/13 (a)	214,198	$	175,642
		Farglary Land Development Co., Ltd.,Macquarie Bank, Ltd, expiring 1/17/12 (a)	142,000		103,660
Total Taiwan (Cost $1,152,937)					279,302
Total Warrants (Cost $3,036,599)					706,622
See notes to financial statements and notes to portfolio of investments.

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Company			Shares	Value

Rights – 0.0%
Hong Kong – 0.0%
		China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd., expiring 1/21/09 (a) (Cost $0)	24,000		8,051
Short-Term Investments – 13.4%
	Other Investment Companies – 13.4%
		Dreyfus Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 1.53% (b) (Cost $6,009,771)	6,009,771		6,009,771
Total Investments – 100.1% (Cost $74,019,148) (c)					44,972,456
Other assets less liabilities – (0.1)%					(35,627	)
Net Assets – 100%				$	44,936,829

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

*: Company is organized as a real estate investment trust as defined by the laws of its country of domicile.
(a): As of December 31, 2008, this security had not paid a distribution.
(b): Rate reflects 7 day yield as of December 31, 2008.
(c): As of December 31, 2008, the Fund held securities fair valued in accordance with policies adopted by the board of trustees aggregating $38,962,685 and 86.6% of market value.

See notes to financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2008

Assets
	Investments in securities, at value (cost $74,019,148)		$	44,972,456
	Cash			699
	Dividends and interest receivable			76,427
	Prepaid expenses			3,455

		Total assets		45,053,037

Liabilities
	Advisory fee payable			26,914
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities			89,294

		Total liabilities		116,208

Net assets			$	44,936,829

Composition of net assets
	$.001 par value per share; unlimited number of shares authorized, 4,755,000 shares issued and outstanding		$	4,755
	Additional paid-in capital			90,271,841
	Distributions in excess of net investment income			(326,414	)
	Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions			(15,967,519	)
	Net unrealized depreciation on investments and foreign currency transactions			(29,045,834	)

Net assets			$	44,936,829

Net asset value per share (based on 4,755,000 common shares outstanding)			$	9.45

See notes to financial statements.

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Statement of Operations


For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

Investment Income
	Dividends (Cash dividends received or due, net of foreign taxes withheld of $59,925)			$	1,498,457
	Interest				62,480

		Total investment income			1,560,937

Expenses
	Advisory				634,009
	Legal				143,820
	Custodian				108,369
	Administrative				95,000
	Audit				52,500
	Shareholder reporting				42,742
	Compliance and internal audit				27,852
	Trustees' fees and expenses				20,335
	Other				46,156

		Total expenses			1,170,783
	Less: expense waived by the Advisor				(158,502	)

		Net expenses			1,012,281

			Net investment income		548,656

Realized and unrealized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions
	Net realized loss on investments				(15,016,627	)
	Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions				(5,434	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions				(26,601,215	)

		Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations		$	(41,074,620	)

See notes to financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets


			Year Ended December 31, 2008			For the Period May 25, 2007(a) to December 31, 2007

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
	Net investment income		$	548,656		$	166,556
	Net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions			(15,022,061	)		(681,238	)
	Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions			(26,601,215	)		(2,444,619	)

		Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations		(41,074,620	)		(2,959,301	)

	Distributions to common shareholders from:
		Net investment income		—			(1,664,250	)
Capital shares transactions
	Net proceeds from sale of common shares			—			90,535,000

		Net increase from capital transactions		—			90,535,000

		Total increase (decrease) in net assets		(41,074,620	)		85,911,449
Net assets
	Beginning of year			86,011,449			100,000

	End of year (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $326,414 and $1,347,247, respectively)		$	44,936,829		$	86,011,449

Common shares issued and repurchased
	Shares outstanding, beginning of year			4,755,000			5,000
		Shares issued		—			4,750,000

	Shares outstanding, end of year			4,755,000			4,755,000

(a): Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

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Financial Highlights

Selected Data For A Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period


			Year Ended December 31, 2008			For the Period May 25, 2007(a) to December 31, 2007

Per Common Share Operating Performance (b)
Net asset value, beginning of period			$	18.09		$	19.06	(c)

Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income (d)				.12			.04
Net realized and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments				(8.76	)		(.62	)

Net decrease in net asset value from operations				(8.64	)		(.58	)
Less: Distributions to common shareholders from:
		Net investment income		—			(.35	)
Common share offering costs charged to capital				—			(.04	)

Net asset value, end of period			$	9.45		$	18.09

Market price, beginning of period			$	15.07		$	20.00

Market price, end of period			$	6.57		$	15.07

Total Return (e)
Total investment return based on:
	Market price (f)			(56.40	)%		(22.91	)%
	Net asset value (f)			(47.76	)%		(3.24	)%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Ratio to average net assets attributable to common shares of:
		Net investment income (d)		0.87	%		0.32	%(g)
		Expenses, net of fee waivers		1.60	%		1.40	%(g)
		Expenses, before fee waivers		1.85	%		1.65	%(g)
Portfolio Turnover Rate				36.33	%		16.99	%
Net assets attributable to common shares, end of period (000s)			$	44,937		$	86,011

(a): Commencement of operations.
(b): Based on average shares outstanding.
(c): Net asset value at May 25, 2007, reflects the deduction of the average sales load and offering costs of $0.94 per share paid by the holders of common shares from the $20.00 offering price. We paid a sales load of $0.90 per share on 4,750,000 common shares sold to the public.
(d): Amounts are net of expenses waived by RMR Advisors.
(e): Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
(f): Total return based on per share market price assumes the purchase of common shares at the market price on the first day and sales of common shares at the market price on the last day of the period indicated; dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed to be reinvested at market prices on the ex-dividend date. The total return based on net asset value, or NAV, assumes the purchase of common shares at NAV on the first day and sales of common shares at NAV on the last day of the period indicated; distributions are assumed to be reinvested at NAV on the ex-dividend date. Results represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Total return would have been lower if RMR Advisors had not contractually waived a portion of its investment advisory fee.
(g): Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2008

Note A

(1) Organization

RMR Asia Real Estate Fund, or the Fund, was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on January 18, 2007, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act, as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund had no operations prior to May 25, 2007, other than matters relating to the Fund's establishment, registration of the Fund's common shares under the Securities Act of 1933, and the sale of 5,000 common shares for $100,000 to RMR Advisors, Inc., or RMR Advisors. On May 25, 2007, the Fund sold 4,750,000 common shares in an initial public offering. Proceeds to the Fund were $90,535,000 after deducting underwriting commissions and $190,000 of offering expenses.

(2) Use of Estimates

(3) Portfolio Valuation