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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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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.
Nareit’s Calvin Schnure says activity underscores health of underlying fundamentals.
It is often said that “correlations spike to one during a crisis,” but REIT-stock correlations have actually been lower during the worst stock market downturns in history, reinforcing the case for REITs as a portfolio diversifier even during crises.
Cold storage REIT Lineage is adapting to tariff pressures, pursuing international growth, and boosting efficiencies with innovations.
APG’s Rutger van der Lubbe also underscores importance of asset-level certification.
Recent data from CoStar showcase the supply and demand differences across property types.
Demand for industrial space has been slowly on the upswing.
A common myth tells us that ostriches bury their heads in the sand when faced with danger. While not true, the phrase “burying your head in the sand” has become a popular idiom to describe an individual who ignores the existence of a problem with the hope that it will just go away.
The business closures and social distancing designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 had a significant impact on demand for commercial real estate, vacancies and rent growth across the major property sectors.
A recent Nareit commentary highlighted the stubbornly slow-to-close and wide public-private real estate cap rate spread.
Retail REITs own, lease, and manage retail real estate and rent space in those properties to tenants.
Reports from the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that 88% of employers have a formal diversity recruiting effort and 67% have allocated more resources to recruit historically marginalized students.
Nareit’s John Worth, Macerich’s Cory Scott, and Bisnow’s East Coast Editor joined other DC-based CRE executives for a May 10 webinar to discuss commercial real estate trends; on-demand viewing available.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index posted a total return of 9.3% year-to-date through June 10, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index returned 9.4% over the same period.
Nareit VP of Research Nicole Funari adds that ecommerce, data centers, and cell towers have all performed well throughout the pandemic.
REITs significantly outperformed the broader stock market in February, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index posting a total return of 7.5%, while the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market and Russell 1000 both fell 0.5%.