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.
Nareit’s 2026 outlook addresses the topics that have been on the minds of real estate investors, including valuation divergences, compelling opportunities, and global strategies.
REITwise will take place March 24-26 in Hollywood, FL. This event is the leading educational conference for REITs, covering technical, regulatory, and operational updates.
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.
Two of the oldest rules on Wall Street are “Buy low, sell high,” and “Don’t fight the Fed.” While it can be difficult if not impossible to pick the highs and lows in the stock market, it is not that hard to read the Fed’s signals about future policy.
The apartment sector enjoys solid demand in the face of moderate increases in supply of new units. This has kept vacancy rates extremely low—4.2% for two quarters running, which indicates little (if any) excess supply. Rent growth perked up again in Q2, to a 4.7% annual rate.
"A REIT provides a good basis for knowledge and growth. They're more structured and they also provide assistance to their newer employees."
Nareit’s Brad Case sees signs that investors are regaining interest in REITs.
CEO Eric Bolton says the multifamily REIT looks forward to building on its record of success.
Sam Zell is, inarguably, one of the foremost thought leaders of the Modern REIT Era.
RETs are increasingly focused on investing in human capital.
Nonfarm payrolls rose 266,000 in November, well above consensus forecasts and the strongest gain since January.
Economic fundamentals for REITs and real estate continue to improve. GDP growth slowed in late 2015, but mainly reflecting a decline in energy exploration and in export markets; domestic sectors supporting real estate remain firm.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index ended a tumultuous March down 1.7% for the month, and the FTSE EPRA Nareit Global Extended Index declined 2.3%.
U.S. REITs raised $5.2 billion from debt and equity offerings in the fourth quarter of 2023; note that this total is preliminary and will be revised upward when ATM program usage data become available.
Speed was awarded Nareit’s 2008 Industry Leadership Award for significant contributions to the REIT industry.
More than 800 industry professionals gathered to learn about the latest developments impacting the real estate sector.
Now that we are on the other side of the Wall of Maturities, it’s worth a look back to see how the market fared, and what are the prospects for the CMBS market in the year ahead.
Timber, office, and data centers led with returns of 15.9%, 10.4%, and 7.3%, respectively.