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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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.
For nearly two decades, Merrie Frankel has been a familiar face around the REIT industry as a REIT analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. She decided in the fall that she was ready for a change.
While valuations are somewhat different across different segments of the REIT industry, there is a “wealth of undervaluation” in REITs today—and investors certainly should be paying closer attention.
REIT performance began 2026 with a strong start.
A comparison of recent trends of the P/E ratio for the S&P 500 to the price-to-FFO ratio for REITs shows a contrasting risk/reward tradeoff between the broad equity market and REITs.
The Real Estate Equity Securitization Alliance hosted a conference last week that featured leaders from seven global real estate associations and attracted 100 participants worldwide.
Pension, endowment, and foundation funds control over $12 trillion in total assets, with approximately $900 billion invested in real estate.
Net operating income (NOI) of listed REITs rose nearly 50 percent over the past four years. The steady increases in same-store NOI at a pace above the inflation rate should continue to drive earnings, and valuations, upward in the future.
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%.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index remained essentially unchanged in May, posting a narrow total return of 0.1%. Despite the flat monthly performance, REITs continue to lead on a year-to-date basis.
Shopping center REIT returns led gains last month.
Recent research by Nareit shows that REIT returns have tended to bounce back—and even surge—after significant public and private real estate market divergences.
Cyberthreats pose significant and escalating risks for all industries, including REITs and their customers.
The headline for the Mortgage REIT industry is a big one: the dividends paid by exchange-traded Mortgage REITs yield 10.54%, on average, as of the beginning of February 2017.
Analysts say broader market playing "catch up." to REITs.
On a global basis, data centers, industrial, and self-storage have been the strongest performing sectors in 2023.