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.
REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
The REIT industry's premier annual conference, bringing together leaders for networking, one-on-one meetings, and insights shaping the year ahead.
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.
Industry experts from Nareit, Bloomberg Intelligence, CenterSquare, and AEW examine valuation gaps, interest rates, policy pressures, and sector fundamentals shaping the REIT market in 2026.
Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) was recently ranked in the JUST 100 Index as the top real estate company, and 51 out of 940 companies included. Overall, 36 REITs were included in the assessment.
At the end of 2023, U.S. public REITs owned an estimated 580,000 properties—up 1% from the previous year—and 15 million acres of timberland across the U.S.
Active managers of global real estate funds make strategic use of both geography and property sectors in investing over time.
Nareit spoke with Director of Human Resources at Brookfield Properties, Vern Johnson, about his path to a role in ESG.
Court to consider if remote sellers required to collect sales and use taxes.
The new global active manager tracker follows the quarterly investment holdings of the largest actively managed funds invested globally, not just in the U.S.
All property sectors were positive in January, led by lodging/resorts at 17.1%, industrial at 13.7%, and data centers at 13.2%.
Investors concerned on macroeconomic and sector levels, analysts say.
Proposed regulations favorably address most of Nareit’s recommendations.
Jim Hanks says director’s duties remain same but must be applied with awareness of circumstances.
NAREIT submitted testimony in April 2015 to the Hawaii House of Representatives' Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary in conjunction with a joint hearing on a proposal related to the dividends paid deduction (DPD). The bill that was the subject of the hearing (S.B. 118, S.D. 1) originally proposed to eliminate the DPD for all real estate investment trusts in the state. It was changed to provide for a study on the impact of REITs operating in Hawaii.
REITs significantly outperformed the broader stock market in February, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index posting a total return of 7.5%, while the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market and Russell 1000 both fell 0.5%.
During Nareit’s Earth Day webinar, ESG Investing and REITs: What to Know in 2022, panelists discussed the REIT industry’s progress with ESG reporting and initiatives, opportunities for REITs in the coming years, and the evolution of ESG investing.
Nareit's Dec. 7, 2022 ESG Exchange webinar, Building ESG Skills for Real Estate, will deliver insights into the top ESG skills needed for success in commercial real estate (CRE) roles.
Nareit research has shown that REIT total returns have tended to bounce back and even surge after periods of significant REIT underperformance relative to private real estate.