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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REIT performance began 2026 with a strong start.
A panel held during Nareit’s REITworks: 2020 Virtual Conference looked at ways to address climate change and manage for climate-related financial disclosures.
REITs continue to perform around the world through times of economic turbulence.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index showed resilience in a tumultuous April, posting a total return of 1.3%. On a year-to-date basis, the index has returned 4.4%.
REITs posted record-high funds from operations (FFO) in the fourth quarter of 2024 and continued to have strong balance sheets with well-structured debt, according to Nareit’s quarterly REIT Industry Tracker released today.
CEO Jim Risoleo said the REIT industry as a whole can play a big role in ESG in the coming years.
Institutional investors are increasingly looking towards niche or specialized property sectors to complement their real estate portfolios, according to panelists during the ‘Investors Activities Update’ session at Nareit’s REITworld: 2021 Annual Conference.
A below-standard year for exchange-traded Equity REITs was still better than their counterparts in the illiquid real estate market, while a stunningly successful year for exchange-traded Mortgage REITs wasn’t all that out of the ordinary.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index posted a total return of 1.3% through the first quarter of 2026, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index returned 0.9% for the same period.
Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements within the REIT and publicly listed real estate market.
Disappointing earnings from the some of the largest companies outside of the REIT space weighed heavily on REITs at the close of the month.
Private REITs are real estate funds or companies that are exempt from SEC registration and whose shares do not trade on national stock exchanges. Private REITs generally can be sold only to institutional investors.
New data from the second quarter of 2025 show that REITs had notable gains in net operating income (NOI)—4.8% year over year, according to the Nareit Total REIT Industry Tracker Series (T-Tracker®) report released today.