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.
For the remainder of 2025 and into 2026, REITs are well-equipped to handle market volatility while capitalizing on growth opportunities in CRE transactions.
REITworld will take place Dec. 8-11 in Dallas, TX. This event provides opportunities for individual meetings between REITs, investors, and analysts.
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.
As the REIT and commercial real estate industry turns its focus to the responsible reopening of the U.S. economy, Nareit will be actively participating and sharing regular updates here on reopenings.
Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day are moments to reflect on female professionals who have an essential role in making the REIT industry more diverse and successful, and in celebration this March, Nareit is sharing REIT stories.
Construction began last week on a new home by Honolulu Habitat for Humanity with the help of a Nareit Foundation donation.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 11.9% in November.
Through the year-to-date period as of the end of February, REITs outperformed the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market, the large cap S&P 500 and the small cap Russell 2000.
The FTSE EPRA/Nareit Global Real Estate Index Series underperformed broader markets in May as turbulent trading conditions persisted.
Compared against broad market benchmarks, REITs outperformed the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market by 1.4 percentage points, large cap S&P 500 by 1.3 percentage points, and the small cap Russell 2000 by 4.47 percentage points in January 2020.
An analysis by Real Foundations found that a number of REITs are shifting the focus of their sustainability efforts to larger and more complex projects.
The Self-Storage and Residential property sectors led the overall REIT market in total returns in 2015. Self-Storage sector delivered a 40.65 percent total return for the year; Manufactured Homes delivered a 25.65 percent total return; and Apartments gained 16.45 percent.
Nareit shares the strides that its member REITs are taking to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and how they are recognizing National Hispanic Heritage Month this year.
EY Economist Brandon Pizzola, senior author of a new report on REITs, joined Nareit’s research team to discuss the economic contributions of REITs across the country.
Nareit economist Calvin Schnure reviews the latest data on supply and demand conditions, and vacancy rates and rent growth.
Nareit members are invited to submit news stories, photos, social posts, and videos of their National Hispanic Heritage Month observances.
Demand weakened even as construction projects initiated well ahead of the pandemic continued to be delivered to the market, leading to a rise in vacancy rates and softening of market rents.
Data center REITs own and manage highly specialized facilities that house the critical IT infrastructure that powers today’s economy.