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.
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Actively managed funds represent 7% of REIT market capitalization and they have been a key element in REITs’ long-term success because of their combined real estate and equity investment expertise and analysis.
The REIT industry always has been a marketplace in motion. That ongoing change is highlighted in this issue, especially by the story commemorating the 50th anniversary of the FTSE Nareit Indexes.
REITs were well-positioned heading into the coronavirus crisis and have employed a variety of additional measures to withstand the worst of the downturn.
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.
Nareit’s REITwise 2026: Education Conference convened more than 1,200 real estate executives and REIT industry professionals March 24-26 in Hollywood, Fla.
A new Morningstar Associates analysis, sponsored by Nareit, found that the optimal portfolio allocation to REITs ranges between 5% and 18%.
REITs have made important changes over the past decade in their overall leverage ratios, as well as the composition and structure of their debt.
REIT magazine recently spoke with four investment bankers to assess their views on 2019 and gauge their expectations for 2020.
In making the case for an allocation to real estate in an investment portfolio, one of the oft-cited arguments is real estate’s ability to generate income.
Mortgage REITs (mREITs) finance income-producing real estate by originating or purchasing mortgages and mortgage-backed securities (MBS), generating income from the interest on these assets.
Continued evolution in the REIT industry is expected to generate more opportunities for the creation of new indexes.
REITs have taken a proactive approach to refinancing in the past few years.
REITs underutilized despite outperformance compared to private real estate.
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 are finding less is more when it comes to leverage.