Each month, Nareit®, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts®, provides a statistical snapshot of the overall REIT market. More detailed information is available in REIT indexes.
REIT Industry Monthly Data for June 2026
Industry Size
$1.63T
FTSE Nareit All REITs equity market capitalization
$1.55T
FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs equity market capitalization
$1.37T
NYSE listed REITs equity market capitalization
- REITs own over $4.5 trillion of commercial real estate assets, including listed and non-listed public and private Equity and Mortgage REITs
- 186 REITs are in the FTSE Nareit All REITs Index
- 152 REITs trade on the New York Stock Exchange
Dividends
Yield Comparison
4.02%
FTSE Nareit All REITs
3.66%
FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs
1.03%
S&P 500
- Public listed REITs paid out approximately $71 billion and public non-listed REITs paid out approximately $5 billion in dividends during 2025.
- By market cap-weighted average, 79 percent of the annual dividends paid by REITs qualify as ordinary taxable income, 10 percent qualify as return of capital and 11 percent qualify as long-term capital gains in 2025.
Leverage and Coverage Ratios
(Balance sheet data as of 2026: Q1)
35.4%
Debt Ratio
4.67
Coverage Ratio
Average Daily Dollar Trading Volume
$14.4B
June 2026
$11.2B
June 2021
$7.6B
June 2016
Data as of June 30, 2026, except where noted.
All data are derived from, and apply only to, listed U.S. REITs unless otherwise noted.