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.
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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.
The funds will go toward supporting the construction of six new, affordable, single-family homes in the Waimanalo and Papakolea communities on Oahu.
REITs Rebounded in the Fourth Quarter as Treasury Yields Declined
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 1.8% in March. Broader equity markets continued to outperform, as the Russell 1000 and Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market each rose 3.2%.
REITs posted solid funds from operations (FFO) in the third quarter of 2025 and maintained strong balance sheets with well-structured debt, according to Nareit’s quarterly REIT Industry Tracker released today.
Returns seen to be boosted by sustainability achievements.
REITs ended 2025 on a muted note, as the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index fell 2.1% in December, finishing the year with a total return of 2.3%. The FTSE Nareit Mortgage REITs Index rose 16.0% for the year, led by the home financing sector with a total return of 26.4%.
In September, REITs and stocks posted their worst monthly performance since March 2020, as a hawkish Federal Reserve warned that measures to bring inflation under control could bring “some pain” to U.S. financial markets, and Treasury yields continued to rise.
Nareit and Bloomberg Intelligence’s webinar: Interest Rates, REIT Capital Raising & Cap Rates will take place on Wednesday, June 29.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index declined 4.9% in January. Broader markets posted narrow gains as the Russell 1000 rose 1.4% and the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market rose 1.1%.
REITs outperformed large-cap equities and the broader stock market in January, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index posting a total return of 2.8%.
An occupancy rate highlights property market fundamentals; it is a measure of the interaction of supply and demand. In the first quarter of 2026, Nareit’s REIT Industry Tracker broadened its coverage of occupancy rates from four to 10 property sectors.
On May 22, 2023, a group of experts from Nareit, KPMG, Green Street, and JBG SMITH convened to discuss Nareit's ESG Dashboard.
U.S. REITs raised $22.5 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the second quarter of 2025.
For the second quarter of 2021, REITs made up an estimated 9.4% of the total CRE market.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rose 1.2% in June.
GRESB, an independent organization providing validated sustainability performance data and peer benchmarks for investors and managers, has released its 2023 Real Estate Assessment, which measures the sustainability performance of individual real estate portfolios based on self-reported data.