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.
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REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
The REIT industry's premier annual conference, bringing together leaders for networking, one-on-one meetings, and insights shaping the year ahead.
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.
Over long periods, REITs have outpeformed the broad indexes in terms of dividend yields.
Compensation survey sets record for participation.
REITs have provided that diversification benefit because their underlying returns are driven by the real estate market cycle, which is very different from the business cycle that drives the returns of most other companies in the stock market.
"Energy-efficient buildings offer leaders an opportunity to set themselves apart from their competition while maximizing tenant satisfaction."
March 16, 2021 - Nareit Senior Economist Calvin Schnure joined a virtual summit featuring a panel of economists specializing in real estate moderated by Akiko Matsuda, a reporter with The Real Deal.
Retail REITs own, lease, and manage retail real estate and rent space in those properties to tenants.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index posted a total return of 1.3% through the first quarter of 2026, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index returned 0.9% for the same period.
S&P 500 posts a total return of 12 percent.
A booming middle class is a boon for real estate in Asia.
Veris, Extra Space, Ventas, and Simon are all strategically reinvesting across their portfolios.
Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements within the REIT and publicly listed real estate market.
Office REITs own and manage office real estate and rent space in those properties to a variety of tenants.
Both volatilities and correlations have come down and are now firmly within their long-term normal ranges. Estimated REIT volatilities were above 21.9% only from January 21st through February 19th, and was most recently estimated at 11.8% using data through April 15th.