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REIT share prices were little changed last week, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index total return edging down 0.3%.
REITs are up more than 20% so far this year, as of June 4.
REIT share prices rose last week with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index posting a positive return of 4.2%.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index declined 2.4% in March as broader market equities suffered greater losses, with the Russell 1000 declining 5.8% and the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market falling 5.9%.
REITs fell sharply in January 2022 as the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 Pandemic persisted and the Federal Reserve indicated its readiness to tighten monetary policy.
Last week’s gains lifted year-to-date returns to 9.6%.
Different property sectors face different exposures to the coronavirus crisis, and REIT returns reflect those differences.
REITs raised approximately $79.9 billion in 2025, a figure that does not include fourth quarter ATM issuance due to a lag in reporting.
Total returns for the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index moved into positive territory last week, with a 1.2% weekly gain.
Broader markets also fell, with a decline of 2.2% on both the Russell 1000 and the S&P 500.
Last week the index posted a total return of negative 4.5%, the second week of single-digit moves after much sharper gyrations both up and down in the early stages of the crisis.
Last week’s gains trimmed the declines so far this year to single digits, bringing the year-to-date total return to -9.0%
REITs declined in the week ended April 3, with a total return of -7.67%, giving back almost half of the gains they posted the week before.
The pandemic appears to be at a major turning point as vaccine production and distribution have hit stride. The economy will reach a major turning point soon afterwards, which will raise several issues for real estate and REITs.
The path of the pandemic and the vaccines will continue to hold the keys for the economy and commercial real estate, and for stock markets, in 2021.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index declined 7.0% in September as the 10-year Treasury yield continued to climb, ending the month at 4.6%, while the All Equity REITs dividend yield ended the month at 4.4%.