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.
Teams from 32 universities competed to produce highest returns from investment portfolios.
Nareit, together with Project Destined, connected REITs with diverse intern candidates from 350 colleges and universities.
Telecommunications REITs are a specialized segment of the broader REIT market focused on owning, managing, and leasing real estate critical to telecommunications and data transmission.
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.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index posted a total return of 9.3% year-to-date through June 10, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index returned 9.4% over the same period.
Pension, endowment, and foundation funds control over $12 trillion in total assets, with approximately $900 billion invested in real estate.
Members of NAREIT’s Investor Outreach team discuss variety of REIT-related topics, including valuations, industry fundamentals and conditions in the capital markets.
REITs have outperformed private real estate property and fund indexes through the fourth quarter of 2021 and have an annual increase of 41.3% in 2021 compared to 22.2% for private real estate.
Jeffrey Horowitz is global head of real estate, gaming & lodging investment banking for BofA Securities.
The hospitality REIT has upgraded its portfolio and focused on acquisitions with a sustainability focus.
Ventas has set more aggressive water efficiency targets, among other sustainability goals.
While publicly traded equity REIT performance has recently been exhibiting an inverse relationship with U.S. 10-year Treasury yield movements, this has not always been the case.
Nareit’s Ed Pierzak says REIT balance sheets benefitting from low leverage, access to unsecured debt.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rose 3.7% in August, led by Asia and North America.
CEM Benchmarking Study Illustrates the Powerful Role REITs Can Play in DB Plans; Features Data from Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.
CEO Dominique Moerenhout says 2018 was another strong year for IPOs.