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 outpaced broader market during month and on year-to-date basis.
REITs have also prepared themselves for economic uncertainty by building up their stock of cash and cash-like assets and maintaining substantial unused lines of credit.
Different property sectors face different exposures to the coronavirus crisis, and REIT returns reflect those differences.
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.
The overall REIT sector was slightly down, with the All Equity REITs total return index declining 0.6%.
The most recent rent survey results show that on average for REITs, the share of typical rent collected in May was largely unchanged from April.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 11.9% in November.
Top-performing real estate fund managers reflect on 2016 and offer insight into 2017.
One of the dominant themes among institutional real estate investors of the past few years has been the shift toward “alternative” property types.
REIT corporate boards have seen their oversight and stewardship duties intensify this year as companies across all sectors have adjusted to a new operating normal.
Analysts say concerns about interest rates put pressure on REITs in October.
How lodging REITs and their competitors perform often depends on the types of audiences they want for their rooms.
Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the 27 largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insight on expert investor sentiment.
Office REITs own and manage office real estate and rent space in those properties to a variety of tenants.
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 significantly outperformed the broader stock market in February, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index posting a total return of 7.5%, while the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market and Russell 1000 both fell 0.5%.