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.
Total returns of stock exchange-listed U.S. REITs, led by Mortgage REITs, climbed in June, the second quarter and the first half of 2017, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts reported.
There are 80 active .reit domains used by REITs all over the world today.
In today’s investment marketplace, competition for capital is global in scope.
The 2022 Pensions & Investments annual survey of pension plans found that REIT assets in the largest 200 U.S. retirement plans grew 22% to $34.2 billion during the year.
Rankings weigh ESG performance data and a public survey of corporate social responsibility perceptions.
The Nareit universe of REIT indexes is growing and evolving to match an expanding industry and increased demand for data.
According to the 2023 Hodes Weill/Cornell Real Estate Allocations Monitor, institutions consider REITs to be a complement to private real estate in terms of filling allocation needs and addressing liquidity objectives.
Listed Equity REITs and real estate companies will no longer be a niche, but rather representative of the distinct real estate asset class.
Michael Hudgins has long advocated for the inclusion of REIT securities in well-balanced investment portfolios.
Nareit’s annual update of the Global REIT Approach to Real Estate Investing study shows growth in REITs worldwide, with more than 1,000 traded REITs at the end of 2024 in 42 countries and regions.
Investments from listed property companies in emerging markets have been especially strong over the past year, according to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series. Over longer historical periods, however, risk-adjusted returns from listed U.S. equity REITs have outpaced those from listed real estate in both emerging markets and non-U.S. developed markets.
Global real estate fund managers discuss Mexico, the future of European real estate, investing in China and more.
Stock exchange-listed Equity REITs significantly outperformed the rest of the equity market in March and the first quarter of 2016, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). The total return of the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was 9.99 percent in March and 5.86 percent in the first quarter, while the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index was up 10.17 percent in March and 5.84 percent in the first quarter.
Strong companies could leverage capital access to pursue growth opportunities in 2025.