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    REITs Outperform Private Real Estate by More Than 2.0% in DB Plans

    CEM Benchmarking’s 2024 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 25-year period.

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Edward F. Pierzak

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REITs Present Buying Opportunity for Investors that Appreciate Good Value

Everyone loves a bargain. With the current Black Friday sales season in full swing, consumers are awash with opportunities to stretch their holiday shopping dollars. Investors also appreciate good values.

11/24/2025
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Public and Private Real Estate Capitalization
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Broad Equity and REIT Market Divergence Presents Investment Opportunity

Broad equity and REIT market valuations diverge from time to time.

11/19/2025
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Broad Equity
Industry News
Self-Storage REITs: Soft Fundamentals but Disciplined Balance Sheets

Self-storage REITs own and manage storage facilities and collect rent from customers. Self-storage REITs rent space to both individuals and businesses.

11/06/2025
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Private Real Estate Appraisals’ Disconnect from Market Conditions Boosts REITs’ Appeal

A recent Nareit commentary highlighted the stubbornly slow-to-close and wide public-private real estate cap rate spread.

10/21/2025
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Real Estate Cap Rates and 10 Year Treasury Yields
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Warren Buffett, Real Estate, and the REIT Solution

For 60 years, investors have flocked to the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting.

10/01/2025
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Why REITs
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REITs Likely to Retain Performance, Acquisition Edge as Public-Private Valuation Dislocation Persists

As highlighted in a recent Nareit commentary, the current lingering public-private real estate valuation divergence has been an unwanted visitor for commercial real estate (CRE).

09/25/2025
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Public and Private Cap Rates and the 10-year Treasury Yield
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Lingering Public-Private Real Estate Valuation Gap Signals Potential REIT Benefits

In the third quarter of 2024, material progress had been made in closing the gap between REIT implied and private appraisal cap rates, but then markets changed.

09/12/2025
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Public and Private CRE Total Return Differences After Cap Rate Spread Peaks
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Retail REITs: Solid Operational Fundamentals and Limited Supply Foster Resilience

Retail REITs own and manage retail real estate and rent space in those properties to tenants. Properties include large regional malls, outlet centers, grocery-anchored shopping centers, and power centers that feature big box retailers.

09/04/2025
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REITs Deliver Continued Solid Operational Performance During Changing Markets

Although the economic, financial, and property markets have experienced considerable changes over the last few years, REIT operational performance has maintained resilience.

08/26/2025
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Average REIT NOI
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Dutch Pension Portfolios Make Strategic, Long-Term Allocations to REITs

PREA Quarterly article highlights approach taken by MN and Bouwinvest.

07/21/2025
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Mid-Year Update: REITs Positioned to Weather Volatility, Pursue Growth

Discover how REITs are navigating interest rates, trade tariffs, and market volatility with strong balance sheets and growth-focused strategies.

07/10/2025
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2025 Mid-Year Update
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REITs Better Positioned to Pursue Acquisitions and Growth

With the commercial real estate (CRE) market characterized by softening fundamentals, a lingering public-private real estate valuation problem, and higher interest rates, property transaction activities have remained stifled.

06/16/2025
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REI Acquisition and Dispositions

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Edward F. Pierzak is senior vice president of research at Nareit where his primary responsibility is contributing to Nareit's commercial real estate and macroeconomic analysis. He also builds and strengthens relationships with public, private, and academic organizations.

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