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.
Partnerships are occurring across a range of REIT property sectors.
Nareit's John Worth along with Brandon Benjamin of Brookfield Asset Management will discuss the performance for the second quarter of 2025 and upcoming trends.
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.
Historically, REITs have performed well during periods of rising long-term interest rates with average four-quarter return in periods with rising rates of 16.55% compared to 10.68% in non-rising rate periods from the first quarter of 1992 to the fourth quarter of 2021.
Nareit’s Victoria Rostow led a governance session at Nareit’s REITworld: 2018 Annual Conference.
Robert L. Johnson discusses the personal philosophy that has enabled him to become a titan of business and a leader in the Black community.
Expert panelists question if a shift in Fed policy in 2019 will return REITs to their fundamental valuations, as opposed to interest-rate driven valuations.
Richard Rothstein says housing inequality and segregation hurts us all.
The City of Austin Employees' Retirement System (COAERS) investment team noted that its real estate allocation could be improved dramatically by adding a portfolio completion strategy of REITs, which was historically implemented solely through an open-ended, core, private markets fund system.
The Strategic Property REIT Execution and Delivery (SPREAD) team at Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) recognized the opportunity in the current divergence and seized it with a $400 million commitment for a tactical investment in U.S. public equity REITs. The investment yielded a 17.1% internal rate of return (IRR) with $47 million in profit.
The three-day virtual conference focused on legal, financial, tax, and accounting issues for REITs.
As the balance of power shifts within Congress, political strategists predict potential challenges ahead.
Nareit analysis of data from Preqin, a financial research firm that tracks investments in alternative assets, indicates that the use of REITs by pension plans has been increasing, particularly among the largest, most sophisticated plans.
REITs have also prepared themselves for economic uncertainty by building up their stock of cash and cash-like assets and maintaining substantial unused lines of credit.
Nareit analysis of data from Preqin, a financial research firm that tracks investments in alternative assets, indicates that the use of REITs by pension plans has increased in the last six years.
Industry still must better demonstrate the value of REITs, experts say.
Panelists from Vornado Realty Trust, Kilroy Realty Corp., and Host Hotels & Resorts discussed ESG in the REIT industry at REITworld 2018’s opening session.
Nareit’s REITworld: 2022 Annual Conference convened nearly 1,300 REIT industry professionals and investors Nov. 15–17 in San Francisco.
The commercial real estate (CRE) mortgage market has changed dramatically since the end of 2021. For many real estate investors, gone are the days of low-cost, readily available property financing.