REITs invest in the majority of real estate property types, including offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, retail centers, medical facilities, data centers, cell towers and hotels.
Nareit’s REIT Directory provides a comprehensive list of REIT and publicly traded real estate companies that are members of Nareit. The directory can be sorted and filtered by sector, listing status, and stock performance.
CEM Benchmarking’s 2024 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 25-year period.
Partnerships are occurring across a range of REIT property sectors.
REITweek Investor Conference, taking place June 2-5 in New York, is the REIT industry’s largest annual gathering of executives, investors, and industry partners.
For 60 years, Nareit has led the U.S. REIT industry by ensuring its members’ best interests are promoted by providing unparalleled advocacy, investor outreach, continuing education and networking.
Nareit’s Investment Affairs & Investor Education Outreach Program has been developed to inform institutional investors, individual investors and financial advisors worldwide about the many positive investment performance attributes of REIT-based real estate investment, thereby empowering all cohorts of investors to make more informed decisions about the appropriate allocation of assets invested in REITs.
Individuals can invest in REITs in a variety of different ways, including purchasing shares of REIT stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. REITs also play a growing role in defined benefit and defined contribution investment plans.
The REIT ESG Dashboard©, now in its sixth year, identifies and tracks data associated with the management and supplemental disclosure of environmental stewardship and social responsibility key performance indicators (KPIs) for the U.S. REIT industry.
Nareit represents REITs and publicly traded real estate companies in matters of legislation and public policy. Additionally, Nareit informs the investment community about the REIT approach to real estate investment. Efforts in these areas extend to international investors and governments.
Nareit publishes a number of publications for members as well as the broader investment community.