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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REITs declined in the week ended April 3, with a total return of -7.67%, giving back almost half of the gains they posted the week before.
Analysts see increased activity from Amazon and lower construction starts as positive developments.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 3.3% in August, outperforming the broader stock market. The Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market rose 2.3% and the Russell 1000 rose 2.1% for the month.
Self-storage, manufactured homes and mortgage REITs among best performers.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the April 2022 Consumer Price Index data showing a much smaller monthly increase in prices in April than in March.
There is more to office than just coastal markets.
Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI), in collaboration with Nareit, hosted a July 16 webinar addressing the latest trends in the real estate investment landscape.
REITs were first deemed eligible for inclusion in the S&P 500 in October 2001.
Nareit’s annual update of REIT property counts and estimated gross asset values by state and property sector is now available on the REITs Across America website.
Analysts say concerns about interest rates put pressure on REITs in October.
REITs fell sharply in January 2022 as the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 Pandemic persisted and the Federal Reserve indicated its readiness to tighten monetary policy.
Nareit and Bloomberg Intelligence held a wide-ranging webinar discussion Jan. 23 on the outlook for the REIT industry in 2025, including sector specific expectations, capital market activity, and more.
In 2024, U.S. listed REITs distributed approximately $66 billion in dividends, as reflected in Nareit’s REIT Industry Tracker.
Analysts say transaction activity volume has slowed, but the nature of the activity is highly strategic and accretive.
At the end of 2023, U.S. public REITs owned an estimated 580,000 properties—up 1% from the previous year—and 15 million acres of timberland across the U.S.
BMO poll forecasts that residential REIT sector will be top performer in 2015.