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.
Experts say it’s important for ETFs to embrace REITs, and vice versa.
REITworld will take place Dec. 8-11 in Dallas, TX. This event provides opportunities for individual meetings between REITs, investors, and analysts.
For 65 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.
Morningstar Associates’ analysis finds optimal portfolio allocations to REITs up to 13% in well-diversified portfolios.
Are REITs underrepresented in your clients' portfolios? Commercial real estate represents 15% of the U.S. investment market.
Advanced portfolio modelling technique using 40 years of investment return data increased allocations to REITs, high-yield bonds and preferred stocks in optimized portfolios.
Modern portfolio theory argues that well-diversified investment portfolios should include allocations to all assets in the market basket, including real estate, which is the third largest asset in the U.S. investment market basket after equities and bonds.
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.
Institutional investors are increasingly using REITs as part of their portfolio completion strategies. Nareit’s series of institutional investor case studies shows how investors are using REITs to achieve sector diversification, geographic diversification, and to capitalize on tactical opportunities.
Study shows including REITs in portfolios boosts returns and reduces risks for retirement savers.
REIT dividends can be taxed at different rates because they can be allocated to ordinary income, capital gains and return of capital. The maximum capital gains tax rate of 20% (plus the 3.8% Medicare Surtax) applies generally to the sale of REIT stock.
Active managers in the REIT space differ significantly from those in private real estate principally in their investment in non-traditional property sectors.
The percentage of American households with REIT stocks has also nearly doubled from 23% to 44% through the last two decades.
Across the globe, 42 countries and regions have adopted the U.S.-based REIT approach to real estate investment, offering all investors access to portfolios of income producing real estate. Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds offer the easiest and most efficient way for investors to add global listed real estate allocations to portfolios.