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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Nareit’s 2026 outlook addresses the topics that have been on the minds of real estate investors, including valuation divergences, compelling opportunities, and global strategies.
REITwise will take place March 24-26 in Hollywood, FL. This event is the leading educational conference for REITs, covering technical, regulatory, and operational updates.
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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.
One of the enduring mysteries of reporting on investments is how many people seem to focus on price appreciation OR income, and how few people focus instead on total return
The good times keep rolling for EPR Properties, which continues to broaden its portfolio beyond entertainment-themed properties.
REITs using cost of capital advantage.
The headline for the Mortgage REIT industry is a big one: the dividends paid by exchange-traded Mortgage REITs yield 10.54%, on average, as of the beginning of February 2017.
Analysts say broader market playing "catch up." to REITs.
In September, REITs and stocks posted their worst monthly performance since March 2020, as a hawkish Federal Reserve warned that measures to bring inflation under control could bring “some pain” to U.S. financial markets, and Treasury yields continued to rise.
Stock exchange-listed REITs outperformed the broader U.S. equity market in 2015. Additionally, in a year in which large-cap stocks outperformed mid- and small-caps, large-cap REITs outperformed other large-cap equities. REITs also outperformed small-cap growth and value stocks, financials, utilities, global stocks and hedge funds.
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.
Analysts say the high cost of home ownership remains a strong tailwind for the sector.
Today’s property market is generally marked by supply-demand imbalances, yet not all segments of the commercial real estate market have exhibited the same levels of operational performance.
With a Wave of Bank Debt Coming Due, REITs Ready to Capitalize.
New data from the first quarter of 2025 demonstrate that REITs continue to maintain well-structured debt—90.9% of listed REITs’ total debt was at a fixed rate while 79.4% of their total debt was unsecured, according to Nareit’s quarterly REIT Industry Tracker released today.
Member REITs can submit their IRS Form 1099-DIV data to Nareit for posting on the Nareit website.
Analysts see a shift toward defensive REIT sectors.