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.
S&P Global said sustainability performance is “being tested in new ways.”
The NCREIF Open End Diversified Core Equity index (ODCE) is a commonly used benchmark for investors in private real estate.
U.S. stock exchange-listed Equity REITs showed a decline in Funds From Operations (FFO) in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the final quarter of last year, but delivered gains in most other operating performance measures, including Net Operating Income (NOI) and occupancy rates.
For 20 years, Steve Buller has managed one of the largest and most Influential real estate funds.
Office REITs own and manage office real estate and rent space in those properties to a variety of tenants.
Total returns from a passively managed investment in listed U.S. equity REITs averaged 11.45% per year over the 25 years ending April 2015, compared to just 9.95% per year for large-cap U.S. stocks.
A look at how operating partnership units changed (and continue to shape) REITs and real estate investment.
The diversification benefits of exchange-traded Equity REITs relative to the non-REIT parts of the stock market have persisted throughout a long period encompassing an almost unfathomly severe downturn—yet they have almost never been stronger than they were as 2016 came to a close.
REITs are keeping a close eye on capital costs, potential credit risk, slowing economic growth.
NAREIT’s Brad Case says REIT fundamentals remain strong.
Nareit has updated its Global REIT Approach to Real Estate Investing study, documenting the global growth of REITs and the benefits, especially to developing nations, of enacting a REIT regime.
For two decades, Nareit’s Leader in the Light Awards have recognized forward-thinking leaders across the REIT industry.
University of Wisconsin-Madison MBA students manage a $2 million fund.
The recently updated study provides a comprehensive review of investment allocations and actual investment performance across 12 asset groups over an 18-year period.
REITs are getting good grades for their corporate governance, and companies are using strong ratings to their advantage versus competitors. Observers say even more can be done across the industry.
Timber REIT sector continues to grow and evolve.