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Free Standing Retail REITs, a property segment made up primarily of REITs that lease properties on a triple net lease basis, delivered an 18.69 percent total return in the first quarter of 2016, more than three times the gain of the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index.

Commercial real estate markets appear to have settled in for the long haul. New supply and the growth of demand are roughly balanced in most property sectors, vacancy rates are stable and rents growing modestly.

Ten Equity REIT property segments exceeded the 6.32 percent total return of the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index in the first five months of 2016, with five segments delivering double-digit returns.

Nareit's T-Tracker for the fourth quarter of 2021 also shows net acquisitions have hit record highs, FFO recovery in 2021 was divergent across sectors, and the industrial center realized impressive gains in Q4. 

The Data Centers, Infrastructure and Manufactured Homes property segments led the REIT market’s stock market performance in the first seven months of 2017, each with total returns exceeding 20 percent.

The Single Family Homes, Specialty and Timber REIT property segments led the Equity REIT market with double-digit total returns in the first two months of 2017.

Data Centers led the entire REIT market’s performance in the first four months of 2017 with an 18.03 percent total return, and Home Financing REITs led the Mortgage REIT market with a 16.82 percent return.

Ten Equity REIT market segments – more than half of the property segments in the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index – had double-digit total returns in 2016.

Investment real estate values declined by -0.32 percent during April 2016 according to the FTSE NAREIT PureProperty® Index Series, which provides the earliest measurement of changes in the market values of properties held for investment purposes.

The Infrastructure Sector, whose equity market capitalization consists primarily of cellular phone tower companies, led the REIT market with a total return of 34.07 percent for the first eight months of 2017.

Investment real estate values increased by +0.57 percent during May 2016 according to the FTSE NAREIT PureProperty® Index Series, which provides the earliest measurement of changes in the market values of properties held for investment purposes. 

 To gauge the possible impact of continued Fed tightening on REIT operating performance in 2016, NAREIT economist Calvin Schnure analyzed REIT industry operating performance during the 2004-2006 cycle of gradual Fed rate increases following what was then a historically long period of low rates.

The Single Family Home property segment led the U.S. REIT market in the first 11 months of 2016 with a 28.34 percent total return.  Single Family Home REITs are benefitting from an environment in which many potential home buyers cannot meet today’s tighter lending standards.

A number of analysts have noted that increasing construction and high property prices often presage a downturn in the sector, and have asked whether this market cycle may be approaching its 9th inning. NAREIT economists have examined data from several sources to shed further light on the question of whether the real estate sector may be approaching a correction.

Publicly listed REITs raised more capital in the first quarter of 2017 than in any quarter since the second quarter of 2014.

Stock exchange-listed REITs combine the investment benefits of real estate with the benefits of a liquid market, which has become progressively more so.