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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The REIT underweight for generalist funds benchmarked against the S&P 500 declined from 114 basis points in 2016Q4 to just 62 basis points as of 2021Q2.
The occupancy rate at apartment REITs has continued to move to new record highs during this building boom.
Nareit’s REITweek: 2026 Investor Conference brought more than 2,300 members of the REIT community to New York City on June 1-4, including representatives from more than 1,600 companies and organizations across the listed real estate and investment industries.
In November, the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index gained back most of the ground lost in the previous month, posting a total return of 3.5%.
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.
REITs see reinvestment as essential, flexible element of broader strategy to position assets in strongest possible way.
Data centers, infrastructure, and self storage REIT sectors all had weekly returns exceeding 2.0%.
Fifty-four listed equity REITs responded between April 8 and April 15, representing most property sectors and almost $418 billion in equity market capitalization or 44% of the FTSE Nareit All Equity REIT equity market capitalization.
On a global basis, data centers, industrial, and self-storage have been the strongest performing sectors in 2023.
"We find that the use of unsecured debt by REIT managers is associated with lower leverage and higher remaining debt capacity. This improves financial flexibility and supports firm value."
U.S. REITs raised $25.4 billion from IPOs and secondary debt and equity offerings in the first quarter of 2022.
Across the various REIT sectors, there were seven property sectors with gains for the week, led by lodging/resorts with a total return of 7.6%.
Sixty years after the inception of REITs, industry leaders reflect on what might lie ahead for REITs.
Free-Standing Retail REITs rent collected see jump of more than 12 percentage points; Industrial sector remains strongest performer.
Timber, office, and data centers led with returns of 15.9%, 10.4%, and 7.3%, respectively.