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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Pension, endowment, and foundation funds control over $12 trillion in total assets, with approximately $900 billion invested in real estate.
Infrastructure, data centers, and health care each have more than a 10% share of assets.
Apartment, hotel REITs among strongest performers in first half of 2014.
Single Family Home Rental REITs have established themselves as long-term players providing additional housing options at a time when the housing market continues to recover.
Data center and industrial REITs show highest returns during the month.
Lodging REITs are en route to recovery, but the pace of improvement is likely to be uneven.
REIT transaction activity is expected to keep accelerating in the second half of 2021.
REIT returns at mid-year are slightly ahead of the broader market.
First quarter REIT performance, early second quarter performance, and how REITs are positioned amid current market volatility was the focus of the April 8 webinar, “FTSE Nareit US Real Estate Indexes in Review & What’s Next.”
Analysts say broader market playing "catch up." to REITs.
REITs have also prepared themselves for economic uncertainty by building up their stock of cash and cash-like assets and maintaining substantial unused lines of credit.
REIT balance sheets were strong heading into the pandemic with easy access to cash and lines of credit, and operating performance proved to be resilient.
Stabilizing market environment, steady policy signals are factors supporting outlook.
Veris, Extra Space, Ventas, and Simon are all strategically reinvesting across their portfolios.
The REIT industry has committed to making meaningful strides on diversity, equity, and inclusion across its ranks.
Leading real estate fund managers reflect on gains made in 2019 and assess the outlook for REITs and listed real estate in 2020.