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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Reflections on my tenure as NAREIT Chair.
CEM has collaborated with Nareit for 10 years on pension fund performance, allocation research.
Ari Frankel says investors better understand link between sustainability and financial performance.
Nareit partners with FPL Associates each year to produce the Nareit Compensation Survey.
ESG issues are a growing priority for investors, making it increasingly important for REITs to thoroughly disclose how they are performing.
Both volatilities and correlations have come down and are now firmly within their long-term normal ranges. Estimated REIT volatilities were above 21.9% only from January 21st through February 19th, and was most recently estimated at 11.8% using data through April 15th.
If you’re a day-trader, average returns during long historical periods are irrelevant. For those with long horizons, exchange-traded Equity REITs have proven themselves over and over again.
The Mortgage REIT has taken a more defensive posture as the company looks to secure itself against potential volatility caused by Federal Reserve rate hikes and global policy shifts.
Green Street's Lukas Hartwich discusses the state of the lodging sector.
U.S. real estate likely will continue to benefit from strong fundamentals, but the high valuations of properties across all sectors will make it harder this year to see any big gains in prices, according to Nareit’s recent conversations with a group of five leading economists.
Kimberly Pexton says companies should not shy away from making public climate commitments.
Daniel Mense, director with Ness Holdings, Inc., joins the NAREIT Podcast to discuss some of the latest trends in Los Angeles real estate, including international investment in the market.
Steve Sterrett, lead trustee at Equity Residential, says that while directors don’t have the in-depth knowledge that internal employees have, their value is their varied career experiences.
Doug Weill says many institutions are moving REITs back into their real estate allocations.
NAREIT believes proposal would be of particular interest to Equity REITs.
REIT initial public offerings (IPOs) tend to ebb and flow with market conditions, and they’re now showing promise of continuing their respectable run.