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.
CEM Benchmarking’s 2024 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 25-year period.
For the remainder of 2025 and into 2026, REITs are well-equipped to handle market volatility while capitalizing on growth opportunities in CRE transactions.
REITworld will take place Dec. 8-11 in Dallas, TX. This event provides opportunities for individual meetings between REITs, investors, and analysts.
For 60 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.
Cambridge Associates reports that private equity real estate funds have underperformed listed equity REITs by 3.91 percentage points per year over the past 25 years.
Appraisal-based valuations in private real estate markets are being systematically reported at levels that exceed those of reported transactions—in which case there may be more valuation risk in private equity real estate markets than many institutional investors realize.
Once a niche space within the world of financial products, green investment strategies have grown in terms of sophistication and diversity.
Resource Real Estate's Scott Crowe sees value in Europe.
Only stock exchange-listed REITs provide the diversification the vast majority of individual investors want and need.
Results of new survey on energy-use practices show REITs are focusing even more on their environmental impact.
Private equity investments have gained in popularity among institutional investors over recent years. This is due in part to the great success enjoyed by endowments such as Yale and Harvard, which were early investors in non-marketable assets.
From asset management and investments to operating and management companies, blockchain could potentially have a profound impact across real estate.
A new Morningstar Associates analysis, sponsored by Nareit, found that the optimal portfolio allocation to REITs ranges between 5% and 18%.
REITs are playing a key role in target date funds and retirement planning.
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. is focused primarily on originating senior and subordinate loans on transitional commercial real estate assets located in major markets across the United States.
Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel is the author of “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” an investment classic first published in 1973 that launched the movement toward passive index investing.
Multiple studies conducted by different research firms have come to similar conclusions, finding that the optimal portfolio allocation to REITs may be between 5% and 15%.
People making news in the REIT and publicly traded real esate industry.
Nareit’s REITworld: 2023 Conference convened more than 1,200 REIT leaders and industry professionals Nov. 14–16 in Los Angeles.
For 20 years, Steve Buller has managed one of the largest and most Influential real estate funds.