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.
REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
The REIT industry's premier annual conference, bringing together leaders for networking, one-on-one meetings, and insights shaping the year ahead.
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.
Nareit’s REITworld: 2024 Annual Conference convened 1,300 REIT leaders and industry professionals Nov. 18–21 in Las Vegas.
Residential REITs own and manage various forms of residences and rent space in those properties to tenants.
With the commercial real estate (CRE) market characterized by softening fundamentals, a lingering public-private real estate valuation problem, and higher interest rates, property transaction activities have remained stifled.
New data from the fourth quarter of 2025 show that REITs had notable gains in net operating income (NOI)—6.3% year over year, according to the Nareit Total REIT Industry Tracker Series report released today.
REITs are expected to be effective in deploying capital, especially in second half.
First quarter REIT performance, early second quarter performance, and how REITs are positioned amid current market volatility was the focus of the April 8 webinar, “FTSE Nareit US Real Estate Indexes in Review & What’s Next.”
Nareit’s REITwise 2026: Education Conference convened more than 1,200 real estate executives and REIT industry professionals March 24-26 in Hollywood, Fla.
Pension, endowment, and foundation funds control over $12 trillion in total assets, with approximately $900 billion invested in real estate.
Bi-monthly thoughts from NAREIT's Chairman.
Investors’ assessment of REITs sustainability reporting and advice for refining it took center stage during Nareit’s webinar “Investor Perspectives on REIT Sustainability Reporting.
Nareit analysis of data from Preqin, a financial research firm that tracks investments in alternative assets, indicates that the use of REITs by pension plans has been increasing, particularly among the largest, most sophisticated plans.
New research shows REITs win a majority of head-to-head comparisons between domestic and international private equity real estate funds and REITs.
The U.S. economy has faced numerous headwinds over the last few years.
Public-to-public deals dominate REIT M&A activity today.
Third quarter REIT performance, sector outlooks, and the closing gap between public and private real estate valuations took center stage during the “FTSE Nareit U.S. Real Estate Indexes in Review and What’s Next” webinar.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index remained essentially unchanged in May, posting a narrow total return of 0.1%. Despite the flat monthly performance, REITs continue to lead on a year-to-date basis.