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.
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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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New research from Wilshire Funds Management illustrates the benefits of REIT dividends for income oriented investment portfolios.
U.S. REITs raised $17.6 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the first quarter of 2024.
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 been increasing, particularly among the largest, most sophisticated plans.
Partner Zach Swartz also urges REITs to prepare for potential SEC changes in quarterly earnings reporting.
Bob O’Brien says REITs focusing more on honing core strategies than mergers and acquisitions.
NAREIT’s Calvin Schnure says improving vacancy rates in first quarter are promising.
There is a high barrier to entry to invest directly in commercial property and most U.S. families do not invest in commercial property unless they have significant financial resources, according to data from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF).
Free-Standing Retail REITs were the top performing segment of the stock exchange-listed U.S. REIT industry in the first two months of 2016. The segment, which primarily consists of triple net lease REITs, delivered an 11.23 percent total return.
NAREIT’s Calvin Schnure says economic recovery uneven, but gathering momentum.
REITs extended their weekly winning streak to three weeks of gains, and are up five of the past six weeks.
AvalonBay’s Mark Delisi says ESG reporting must be transparent and honest.
Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements and developments within the REIT and publicly listed real estate market.
Joe Fisher of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management on the relationship between rising interest rates and REIT performance.