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 posted record high funds from operations (FFO) and net operating income (NOI) in the first quarter while maintaining robust balance sheets, according to Nareit’s REIT Industry Tracker released today.
There’s little difference between the income earned by the largest, most sophisticated investors in private equity real estate and the income earned by the smallest individual investors in listed equity REITs.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rose 3.2% in March, narrowly outperforming global equities as the FTSE Global All Cap rose 3.1%.
Historically, when REIT dividend yields became high relative to the yields on other income-oriented investments, that has usually been a sign that REITs had become undervalued and were likely to perform strongly over the next several years.
A recent Nareit commentary explored average annual net total returns for REITs and total private real estate, as well as private real estate investment styles, using realized pension fund performance from CEM Benchmarking.
BMO poll forecasts that residential REIT sector will be top performer in 2015.
Record $109 Billion Raised in Public Markets
NAREIT’s Calvin Schnure says T-Tracker offers first industry-wide measure of REIT performance.
Only stock exchange-listed REITs provide the diversification the vast majority of individual investors want and need.
As part of Nareit’s initiative to reach generalist investors, economists John Worth and Calvin Schnure have made recent appearances on TV and radio financial news programs.
A Commitment to Transparency and Stakeholder Engagement.
Interest rate cuts are expected to provide a strong tailwind behind a positive REIT outlook.
Investors use Sharpe ratios as a simple measure of risk adjusted return or, put differently, return per unit of risk.
New research from Wilshire Funds Management illustrates the benefits of REIT dividends for income oriented investment portfolios.