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.
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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.
While REITs have underperformed the broader stock market so far in 2020, it is long-term returns that matter. REITs have been a favorable choice when looking at long-term returns.
Residential REITs own more than 1.3 million apartment units and more than 200,000 single family rental houses, as well as manufactured housing, RV parks, and marinas.
REITs could find more buying opportunities ahead in a market where the bid-ask pricing gap between buyers and sellers is narrowing.
The bedrock of any investor’s portfolio—no matter how small, no matter how large—is an allocation to the broad U.S. stock market. To go just the tiniest step further, most investors start with a mix of U.S. stocks and U.S. bonds. The question is what to add to that basic portfolio.
One of the enduring mysteries of reporting on investments is how many people seem to focus on price appreciation OR income, and how few people focus instead on total return
REITs are gaining ground in their efforts to attract generalist investors.
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.
For two decades, Nareit’s Leader in the Light Awards have recognized forward-thinking leaders across the REIT industry.
A recent research note by Hodes Weill & Associates (HW) called REITs versus Private Real Estate Funds: Partners, Not Rivals addressed the merits of public and private real estate in an institutional investor’s portfolio.
Almost All Property Sectors Produce Double-Digit Returns.
Discover how REITs are navigating interest rates, trade tariffs, and market volatility with strong balance sheets and growth-focused strategies.
A new Morningstar Associates analysis, sponsored by Nareit, found that the optimal portfolio allocation to REITs ranges between 5% and 18%.
Office REITs own and manage office real estate and rent space in those properties to a variety of tenants.
Multiple studies conducted by different research firms have come to similar conclusions, finding that the optimal portfolio allocation to REITs may be between 5% and 15%.