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.
For the remainder of 2025 and into 2026, REITs are well-equipped to handle market volatility while capitalizing on growth opportunities in CRE transactions.
REITworld will take place Dec. 8-11 in Dallas, TX. This event provides opportunities for individual meetings between REITs, investors, and analysts.
For 60 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.
Research says pension funds are leaving returns on the table by under-allocating to REITs.
Nareit offers several opportunities for members to engage with peer and industry initiatives through councils focused on corporate governance, sustainability, and social responsibility.
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.
Pension funds are deploying more capital to REITs to diversify and balance their portfolios.
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.
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.