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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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.
REITs are finding less is more when it comes to leverage.
Analysts say the high cost of home ownership remains a strong tailwind for the sector.
Continued evolution in the REIT industry is expected to generate more opportunities for the creation of new indexes.
U.S. stock exchange-listed Equity REITs showed a decline in Funds From Operations (FFO) in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the final quarter of last year, but delivered gains in most other operating performance measures, including Net Operating Income (NOI) and occupancy rates.
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.
REIT magazine recently spoke with five portfolio managers to discover their strategies for navigating 2023 and the opportunities and challenges they see ahead.
For decades, defined benefit (DB) pension plans have been using real estate successfully within their investment portfolios.
REITs have made important changes over the past decade in their overall leverage ratios, as well as the composition and structure of their debt.
Commercial property performance and valuation metrics diverge from time to time.
REITs are expected to be effective in deploying capital, especially in second half.
The current bull market for exchange-listed equity REITs has rewarded investors with returns averaging more than 21% per year over the past 8½ years—but by the standards of previous real estate market cycles this one has not even hit its stride yet.
Leading fund managers share their insights on the REIT market
Citi’s Michael Bilerman recently spoke with REIT magazine on issues ranging from real estate cap rates and valuations, to the importance of asking difficult questions.
New data from the fourth quarter of 2025 show that REITs had notable gains in net operating income (NOI)—6.3% year over year, according to the Nareit Total REIT Industry Tracker Series report released today.
For those in the know in the real estate investment business, David Auerbach’s daily market commentary has become indispensable reading for many institutions.