John Worth

The 2022 Pensions & Investments annual survey of pension plans found that REIT assets in the largest 200 U.S. retirement plans grew 22% to $34.2 billion during the year.

Multiple studies conducted by different research firms have come to similar conclusions, finding that the optimal portfolio allocation to REITs may be between 5% and 15%.

Nareit CEO Steve Wechsler and EVP of Research and Investor Outreach John Worth presented virtually to a Chinese audience about U.S. REIT market development and the new Chinese REIT system.

New research shows REITs win a majority of head-to-head comparisons between domestic and international private equity real estate funds and REITs.

Last week concerns about economic growth and continued consumer resiliency to COVID-19 led to REIT stocks underperforming the broader equity indexes.

The most recent rent survey results show that on average for REITs, the share of typical rent collected in May was largely unchanged from April.

Putting the pieces of connected commerce together in the COVID-19 era.

Fifty-four listed equity REITs responded between April 8 and April 15, representing most property sectors and almost $418 billion in equity market capitalization or 44% of the FTSE Nareit All Equity REIT equity market capitalization.

The Federal Reserve, Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency of FHFA—which regulates Fannie and Freddie—have taken dramatic steps over the past week with the goal of addressing the financial market ramifications of the dramatic reduction in real activity.

REITs have also prepared themselves for economic uncertainty by building up their stock of cash and cash-like assets and maintaining substantial unused lines of credit.

Nareit joined the leadership of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) and FTSE Russell to mark 15 years of partnership in producing the FTSE EPRA/Nareit Global Real Estate Index Series by participating in the London Stock Exchange market open ceremony on Feb. 14, 2020.