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.
Canada’s REIT industry celebrates a quarter century.
See how Nareit member companies are working to minimize disruption caused by COVID-19.
S&P Global said sustainability performance is “being tested in new ways.”
As of the end of September 2016 the average dividend yield for stock exchange-traded Equity REITs was 3.70%. That’s extremely low by historical standards: in fact, the average Equity REIT yield has been greater than 3.70% nearly 90% of the time stretching all the way back to the beginning of 1972.
REITs evolve over time to support economic growth.
Current REIT fundamentals and equity market conditions suggest that investing in REITs will likely continue to have such benefits in the period ahead.
Nareit analysis of data from Preqin, a financial research firm that tracks investments in alternative assets, indicates that the use of REITs by pension plans has increased in the last six years.
Commercial property performance and valuation metrics diverge from time to time.
Data center REITs are looking to balance regional dominance with expansion.
Cyberthreats pose significant and escalating risks for all industries, including REITs and their customers.
Nareit’s REITworld: 2024 Annual Conference convened 1,300 REIT leaders and industry professionals Nov. 18–21 in Las Vegas.
Leading fund managers share their insights on the REIT market
mREITs led the performance of the U.S. REIT industry in the first three quarters of 2017. The FTSE Nareit Mortgage REITs Index delivered a 20.04 percent total return for the period, helped by a 3.50 percent gain in the third quarter.
Over long periods, REITs have outpeformed the broad indexes in terms of dividend yields.
The world of ESG investing has changed dramatically over the last five years, with record funds pouring into sustainable investments in 2021. At the same time, REITs have made significant progress with ESG reporting and initiatives.