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.
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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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FTSE Nareit All REITs Index Shows 13.96% Gain in Q2
Single-family rental REITs are solidifying their position in the residential housing sector.
U.S. REITs raised $5.2 billion from debt and equity offerings in the fourth quarter of 2023; note that this total is preliminary and will be revised upward when ATM program usage data become available.
Here’s the myth: an increase in interest rates is bad for real estate investors. Here’s the empirical fact: the historical evidence shows that real estate investors—at least those who invest through exchange-traded REITs—have usually done better during rising-rate environments than when interest rates were declining.
Timber, office, and data centers led with returns of 15.9%, 10.4%, and 7.3%, respectively.
Residential REITs own and manage various forms of residences and rent space in those properties to tenants.
Companies are seeking well-located, amenitized buildings to get employees back in the office.
A growing body of evidence tells us that companies with rigorous environmental, social and governance programs outperform their peers.
In the first quarter of 2026, CoStar data showed that fundamentals across the four traditional property types generally displayed signs of stabilization and positive momentum.
Equinix and Digital Realty ranked among top 100 companies.
Nareit presented the 19th annual Leader in the Light® Awards at its REITworld: 2024 Annual Conference in Las Vegas.
FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index drops 0.3 percent.
Tariff actions have introduced uncertainty into U.S. financial and economic markets.
Recent disputes over tariffs and trade policy introduced volatility to global real estate markets alongside broader stock markets.
In an environment in which corporate earnings have been lagging in many industries, the stock exchange-listed U.S. Equity REIT industry continues to deliver solid increases in operating performance fueled by strong occupancies and rent growth.