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.
Nareit's John Worth along with Brandon Benjamin of Brookfield Asset Management will discuss the performance for the second quarter of 2025 and upcoming trends.
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.
CEO Greg Silvers says investments focus on the “experience economy.”
There are a growing number of women holding influential positions currently in the REIT industry.
As new apartment developments become more luxurious, the availability of affordable rentals is particularly constrained.
RET Ventures, an early-stage venture fund specializing in cutting edge real estate tech companies, officially launched its new ESG innovation-focused Housing Impact Fund in April.
David Veal, chief investment officer for City of Austin Employee's Retirement System, recently spoke with REIT magazine on topics including COAERS' strategy and the changing role of real estate in the portfolio.
NAREIT’s Brad Case says broad gains across equity REIT sectors reflect increasing consumer confidence in economic recovery.
In her new role as Blackstone Mortgage Trust CEO, Katie Keenan is focused on talent, culture, and high-quality assets.
It is often said that “correlations spike to one during a crisis,” but REIT-stock correlations have actually been lower during the worst stock market downturns in history, reinforcing the case for REITs as a portfolio diversifier even during crises.
Urban markets that were slow to recover post-COVID are now benefitting.
Gil Menna is Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
LTC Properties CEO Wendy Simpson is positioning the health care REIT for further growth and remaining open to new structural opportunities.
REITs see reinvestment as essential, flexible element of broader strategy to position assets in strongest possible way.
The REIT sector overall entered this crisis period from a stronger position than in previous market downturns in terms of operational performance, balance sheet strength and sources of liquidity available for the potentially lean months ahead.
Investors who depend on commodity investments to protect against inflation risk negative returns if inflation doesn’t meet their expectations, whereas REITs have historically provided strong returns in both high-inflation and low-inflation environments.
Private equity investments have gained in popularity among institutional investors over recent years. This is due in part to the great success enjoyed by endowments such as Yale and Harvard, which were early investors in non-marketable assets.
RETs are increasingly focused on investing in human capital.