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.
Partnerships are occurring across a range of REIT property sectors.
The commercial real estate industry faces risks from natural disasters and climate change, making preparedness crucial for protecting properties and communities linked to REITs. Join Nareit and sustainability experts to discuss proactive measures that can lower disaster costs and yield economic benefits that exceed initial investments.
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.
Nareit’s Investment Affairs & Investor Education Outreach Program has been developed to inform institutional investors, individual investors and financial advisors worldwide about the many positive investment performance attributes of REIT-based real estate investment, thereby empowering all cohorts of investors to make more informed decisions about the appropriate allocation of assets invested in REITs.
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Public non-listed REITs (PNLRs) register with the the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but they do not trade on major securities exchanges. PNLRs operate like listed REITs in nearly every other way, but they typically face redemption restrictions that limit their liquidity.
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, 2021 has been a successful year for REITs and REIT investors as hard-hit sectors have recovered from 2020 and the digital economy sectors have continued to thrive.
Mortgage REITs (mREITs) provide financing for income-producing real estate by purchasing or originating mortgages and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and earning income from the interest on these investments.
Institutional investors are increasingly using REITs as part of their portfolio completion strategies. Nareit’s series of institutional investor case studies shows how investors are using REITs to achieve sector diversification, geographic diversification, and to capitalize on tactical opportunities.
A wide range of indicators from GDP, labor markets, housing markets and commercial real estate are consistent with continued economic growth and improving real estate markets and REIT earnings in 2020.
Nareit offers a variety of advertising opportunities to reach a targeted audience of REIT and publicly traded real estate C-suite executives, REIT leaders, analysts, and institutional investors, as well as everyday investors interested in commercial real estate.
The pandemic's impact on demand will be short-term, but there may also be longer-term structural changes
Nareit engages its members through a number of committees, sub-committees and councils.