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 FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index posted a total return of 0.5% in September.
An inverted yield curve has preceded past recessions, yet other indicators today carry a stronger signal of a resilient economy.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rose 3.7% in August, led by Asia and North America.
In 2023, four deals to acquire publicly-listed REITs have been announced, with a total deal value of $20.4 billion and 97% of the value reflecting acquisitions by listed REITs.
EY’s latest REIT Economic Contributions report estimates REITs supported 2.93 million full time equivalent jobs in the U.S in 2020, producing $197.0 billion in labor income.
The U.S. is shifting toward a greater interest in renewable energy, and the rooftop areas of buildings across the country offer a potential source of energy generation with the installation of solar panels.
This is the longest winning streak since the six consecutive weekly gains from March 26 through April 3.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index posted a total return of 3.8% in January, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index returned 3.5%.
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.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, CoStar data showed that fundamentals across the four traditional property types were still marked by supply-demand imbalances, but signs of stabilization were also evident.
Data from CoStar and S&P Global Market Intelligence show REITs have very little exposure to WeWork.
GRESB, an independent organization providing validated sustainability performance data and peer benchmarks for investors and managers, has released its 2023 Real Estate Assessment, which measures the sustainability performance of individual real estate portfolios based on self-reported data.
One of the dominant themes among institutional real estate investors over the past few years has been the shift toward “alternative” property types.
A few areas—travel, hotels, restaurants and bars, other recreation—were responsible for over a third of the overall economic decline in Q2, yet these categories represent just 6% of the overall U.S. economy.
Investors use Sharpe ratios as a simple measure of risk adjusted return or, put differently, return per unit of risk.
Assessing the state of today’s U.S. economy can be confusing.