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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U.S. REITs achieved moderate earnings growth in the first quarter of 2018. Sustained earnings growth contributed to a decline in the industry’s aggregate price-to-FFO ratio to 15.8x, underscoring attractive valuations amid solid industry fundamentals.
REITs have helped shape communities and the real estate investment landscape for the past six decades.
Net operating income (NOI) of listed REITs rose nearly 50 percent over the past four years. The steady increases in same-store NOI at a pace above the inflation rate should continue to drive earnings, and valuations, upward in the future.
U.S. stock exchange-listed Equity REITs showed a decline in Funds From Operations (FFO) in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the final quarter of last year, but delivered gains in most other operating performance measures, including Net Operating Income (NOI) and occupancy rates.
FFO in Q3 and Q4 rose, recovering 50% of the decline experienced in the first half of the year
The REIT industry has evolved as it has expanded, and looks quite different today than it did a generation ago.
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.
The current bull market for exchange-listed equity REITs has rewarded investors with returns averaging more than 21% per year over the past 8½ years—but by the standards of previous real estate market cycles this one has not even hit its stride yet.
Roughly 44% of American households are invested in REIT stocks.
From 2016 to 2018, the jobs equivalent contribution from REITs is up an estimated 19.0%.
REIT balance sheets were strong heading into the pandemic with easy access to cash and lines of credit, and operating performance proved to be resilient.
Single Family Home Rental REITs have established themselves as long-term players providing additional housing options at a time when the housing market continues to recover.
Pension, endowment, and foundation funds control over $12 trillion in total assets, with approximately $900 billion invested in real estate.
Total REIT FFO was 3.6 percent higher than in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 6.0 percent above over one year ago.
The three authors of the study, Tom Arnold, David Ling, and Andy Naranjo spoke with REIT magazine about their research findings and the ramifications for public and private real estate investors.