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.
Nareit’s REIT Directory provides a comprehensive list of REIT and publicly traded real estate companies that are members of Nareit. The directory can be sorted and filtered by sector, listing status, and stock performance.
Each year Nareit collects tax reporting data for each Nareit member. View this year's data or explore the archive.
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.
For 65 years, Nareit has led the U.S. REIT industry by ensuring its members’ best interests are promoted by providing unparalleled advocacy, investor outreach, continuing education and networking.
The economic forces that affect the demand for domestic U.S. commercial real estate differ from those affecting global corporations, and stock returns reflect these differences.
Current REIT fundamentals and equity market conditions suggest that investing in REITs will likely continue to have such benefits in the period ahead.
A recent Nareit webinar, “How REITs Attract Sustainable Capital for Long-Term Growth,” brought together industry leaders to discuss how REITs are leveraging data, transparency, and innovation to advance sustainability and attract investment.
Historical data show that, on average, real estate has enjoyed solid total returns across different interest rate regimes with REITs consistently outperforming their private market counterparts.
Infrastructure REIT Crown Castle International aims to enhance the United States’ wireless networks.
New Data Highlight Solid NOI Growth, Strong Balance Sheets
Apartment, retail sectors said to be poised for growth.
The City of Austin Employees' Retirement System (COAERS) investment team noted that its real estate allocation could be improved dramatically by adding a portfolio completion strategy of REITs, which was historically implemented solely through an open-ended, core, private markets fund system.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 3.2% in September, continuing to outperform the broader stock market as the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market and Russell 1000 each rose 2.1%.
The last 12 months have seen high levels of volatility and sharp swings in sentiment.
Listed equity REITs have generally outperformed small-cap value stocks, posting slightly higher returns but substantially lower volatility and substantially better diversification benefits.
Experts say it’s important for ETFs to embrace REITs, and vice versa.
Nareit’s John Worth and Brookfield’s Brandon Benjamin assess REIT performance.
Fifty-four listed equity REITs responded between April 8 and April 15, representing most property sectors and almost $418 billion in equity market capitalization or 44% of the FTSE Nareit All Equity REIT equity market capitalization.