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 offers several opportunities for members to engage with peer and industry initiatives through councils focused on corporate governance, sustainability, and social responsibility.
There are currently 41 countries and regions, accounting for 85% of global GDP with a combined population of nearly 5 billion people, that have enacted REIT legislation.
Research says pension funds are leaving returns on the table by under-allocating to REITs.
Embassy REIT’s Ritwik Bhattacharjee says REITs are a real estate product India “desperately needs.”
Pension, endowment, and foundation funds control over $12 trillion in total assets, with approximately $900 billion invested in real estate.
APG has a global strategy for building and managing a portfolio that offers predictable dividends and grows in value over the long term.
Pension funds are deploying more capital to REITs to diversify and balance their portfolios.
The total return of the U.S. Equity REIT market fell short of the S&P 500’s gain in 2016, while Mortgage REITs nearly doubled the total return of the broader equity market.
REITs work to attract larger allocations from retail investors.
REITs evolve over time to support economic growth.
Nareit Industry Partners are industry stakeholders that provide service and support to REITs and listed real estate companies. In turn, they are afforded the opportunity to interact with REIT management teams and Nareit’s leadership throughout the year.
Green Lease Leaders recognizes landlords and tenants that are embedding environmental and social goals in the leasing process.