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REITs have reduced their reliance on borrowings, which lowered leverage ratios considerably over the past decade.
NAREIT’s Brad Case says REIT dividend yields remain high relative to other assets.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 9.0% in April, in a month of strong returns across the FTSE Nareit U.S. Real Estate Index Series.
Shopping center REIT returns led gains last month.
Historically, when REIT dividend yields became high relative to the yields on other income-oriented investments, that has usually been a sign that REITs had become undervalued and were likely to perform strongly over the next several years.
REIT fundamentals remain healthy.
Data center and industrial REITs show highest returns during the month.
The NCREIF Open End Diversified Core Equity index (ODCE) is a commonly used benchmark for investors in private real estate.
REIT industry and sector performance for the fourth quarter of 2025 was the focus of the Jan. 13 webinar, “FTSE Nareit U.S. Real Estate Indexes in Review & What’s Next.”
REITs outperformed the broader market in the first quarter of 2019.
On a year-to-date basis as of March 31, REITs have outperformed broad market equities with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index posting a total return of 3.8%, while the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market fell 4.0% and the Russell 1000 fell 4.2%.
Funds from operations (FFO) for all equity REITs increased 7.4 percent in 2018’s fourth quarter over the same quarter in 2017.
The yield spread to Treasuries 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.
REITs outpaced broader market during month and on year-to-date basis.
Analysts point to increasing confidence in economy and sound fundamentals.