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.
CEM Benchmarking’s 2024 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 25-year period.
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.
Retailers have long been adept at catering to consumers’ desires to get more for less. In the mid-1960s, Kmart started its Blue Light Specials.
IREI and Nareit’s fourth quarter performance webinar pointed to continued M&A activity in 2024.
REITs and publicly-listed real estate around the world were hit hard by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have generally rebounded strongly.
The REIT underweight for generalist funds benchmarked against the S&P 500 declined from 114 basis points in 2016Q4 to just 62 basis points as of 2021Q2.
The occupancy rate at apartment REITs has continued to move to new record highs during this building boom.
In November, the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index gained back most of the ground lost in the previous month, posting a total return of 3.5%.
Nareit’s annual update of REIT property counts and estimated gross asset values by state and property sector is now available on the REITs Across America website.
REITs see reinvestment as essential, flexible element of broader strategy to position assets in strongest possible way.
Data centers, infrastructure, and self storage REIT sectors all had weekly returns exceeding 2.0%.
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.
On a global basis, data centers, industrial, and self-storage have been the strongest performing sectors in 2023.
"We find that the use of unsecured debt by REIT managers is associated with lower leverage and higher remaining debt capacity. This improves financial flexibility and supports firm value."
U.S. REITs raised $25.4 billion from IPOs and secondary debt and equity offerings in the first quarter of 2022.
Across the various REIT sectors, there were seven property sectors with gains for the week, led by lodging/resorts with a total return of 7.6%.
Sixty years after the inception of REITs, industry leaders reflect on what might lie ahead for REITs.