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REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
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Stock exchange-listed Equity REITs have historically provided not merely strong long-term total returns and steady current income, but also several forms of diversification.
FFO more than 40% higher in Q3 2021 than Q3 2020
Despite continuing high inflation, REIT returns continue to outpace returns for the S&P 500 on an annualized basis and REIT operating performance growth has exceeded price growth in 2021.
Following the challenges of 2020, leading real estate fund managers expect REITs to benefit from improving fundamentals in 2021.
As of May 21, which marks 15 months since the market peak prior to the pandemic, REIT total returns have fully recovered from the initial losses in early 2020.
Timber, office, and data centers led with returns of 15.9%, 10.4%, and 7.3%, respectively.
Data center, regional mall REITs among the market leaders.
The yield spread to Baa corporates as of the end of 2016 was in the bullish part of its historic range—and if a wide variety of estimates of the past relationship between spreads and forward-looking returns continues to hold, that currently bullish spread would suggest relatively bullish future total returns for investors in exchange-traded Equity REITs.
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, more than 150 industry professionals attended Nareit’s “REIT Investing Webinar: The Role of REITs in Your Portfolio.”
Infrastructure, data center REITs among top performers.
The game-on, game-off nature of tariff actions has introduced uncertainty into the U.S. financial and economic markets.
Analysts say the high cost of home ownership remains a strong tailwind for the sector.
Record-high occupancy rates help push FFO above $16 billion for the first time.
NAREIT’s Brad Case says REIT dividend yields remain high relative to other assets.
REIT returns underperformed the broader equity market in November as investors concerned with rising interest rates shifted assets out of REITs and other income-oriented investments. The shift occurred in spite of the fact that analyses by NAREIT and various investment organizations have shown that REITs typically perform well in periods of rising interest rates.
Data center and industrial REITs show highest returns during the month.