REITs invest in the majority of real estate property types, including offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, retail centers, medical facilities, data centers, cell towers, telecommunications and hotels.
The REIT Industry ESG Report 2023 includes industry trends, REIT ESG reporting data and analysis, as well as useful information on the publicly traded U.S. REIT industry’s primary sustainability, social responsibility, and governance practices.
The impressive performance of REITs during late October and November may be a signal that the end of the rate-rising cycle will herald a period of REIT outperformance.
Veris CEO Mahbod Nia is turning his attention to optimization with significant opportunities available for continued value creation.
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The pandemic's impact on demand will be short-term, but there may also be longer-term structural changes
The economic damage caused by COVID-19 is unprecedented, but the economy may be ready to start recovering in the second half of 2020.
REITs maintained strong balance sheets, financial resilience, and high occupancy rates as the COVID-19 crisis intensified
Free-Standing Retail REITs were the top performing segment of the stock exchange-listed U.S. REIT industry in the first two months of 2016. The segment, which primarily consists of triple net lease REITs, delivered an 11.23 percent total return.
REITs continued to attract yield-seeking investors in the first half of the year. The FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index provided a dividend yield of 3.97 percent on June 30. The FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index provided a dividend yield of 3.59 percent, and the FTSENAREIT Mortgage REITs Index’s dividend yield was 10.87 percent. In comparison, the dividend yield of the S&P 500 was 2.17 percent.
REIT dividend yields increased in October over the prior month, and six Equity REIT market segments had dividend yields of more than 4 percent in October.
Nareit’s Calvin Schnure says REITs had high occupancy and a strong financial base entering the second quarter.
U.S. REITs raised $4.1 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the third quarter of 2023, though this preliminary total will be revised upward when ATM program usage data become available.
Compared against broad market benchmarks, REITs outperformed the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market by 1.4 percentage points, large cap S&P 500 by 1.3 percentage points, and the small cap Russell 2000 by 4.47 percentage points in January 2020.
REIT earnings were impacted by the COVID-19 crisis in the first quarter, with funds from operation (FFO) declining 9.0% from the prior quarter, to $15.0 billion, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®.
The sharp decline in REIT earnings reflects the record contraction in GDP in the second quarter. Economic activity hit bottom in April, however, and began rebounding over the past four months.