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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Nareit’s 2026 outlook addresses the topics that have been on the minds of real estate investors, including valuation divergences, compelling opportunities, and global strategies.
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Over long periods, REITs have outpeformed the broad indexes in terms of dividend yields.
New Data Highlight Solid NOI Growth, Strong Balance Sheets
FTSE Nareit All REITs Index Shows 13.96% Gain in Q2
Although the economic, financial, and property markets have experienced considerable changes over the last few years, REIT operational performance has maintained resilience.
Cyberthreats pose significant and escalating risks for all industries, including REITs and their customers.
During this period of divergent public and private property valuations, the commercial real estate mortgage market has been marked by higher interest rates and stricter underwriting standards.
New data from the first quarter of 2025 demonstrate that REITs continue to maintain well-structured debt—90.9% of listed REITs’ total debt was at a fixed rate while 79.4% of their total debt was unsecured, according to Nareit’s quarterly REIT Industry Tracker released today.
REITs are finding less is more when it comes to leverage.
Over the first six months of 2017 the broad U.S. stock market had outperformed the REIT market, with the Russell 3000 Index showing total returns of 8.93% compared to just 5.43% for the FTSE NAREIT All REIT Index. Dig just a little deeper, though, and this turns out not to be a “stocks vs REITs” story at all.
New Quarterly Data Highlights REITs’ Recovery as FFO Reaches New Highs and Retail Sector’s FFO Hits Pre-Pandemic Levels
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Interest rate cuts are expected to provide a strong tailwind behind a positive REIT outlook.
REIT debt remains well structured; operational performance shows year-over-year growth.
REITs posted record-high funds from operations (FFO) in the fourth quarter of 2024 and continued to have strong balance sheets with well-structured debt, according to Nareit’s quarterly REIT Industry Tracker released today.
Leading REIT analysts review the outlook for the data center, health care, industrial, infrastructure, lodging, multifamily, office, retail, self-storage, and timber real estate sectors.