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.
Each year Nareit collects tax reporting data for each Nareit member. View this year's data or explore the archive.
Nareit’s 2026 outlook addresses the topics that have been on the minds of real estate investors, including valuation divergences, compelling opportunities, and global strategies.
REITweek is the largest REIT-focused event, connecting institutional investors with REIT management teams through company presentations, one-on-one meetings, and curated networking.
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 REIT underweight for generalist funds benchmarked against the S&P 500 declined from 114 basis points in 2016Q4 to just 62 basis points as of 2021Q2.
The Washington update panel, held during Nareit’s REITworks: 2020 Virtual Conference, discussed tax legislation and proposals affecting commercial real estate with a focus on the current election, diversity and inclusion, and COVID-19.
U.S. REITs raised $12.5 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the fourth quarter of 2024.
NAREIT today recognized the REIT industry’s leading companies in the area of sustainability over the past 12 months – the winners of its annual Leader in the Light Awards.
The JOLTS report on labor market turnover can help shed light on the outlook for the economy and for real estate.
Homeownership is stabilizing, but weak job market is still holding back both rental and ownership markets. The home ownership rate held steady for the final three quarters of 2013 at 65.1 percent, after having declined a half-percentage point or more each year since its peak in the mid-2000s (Chart 1). This tentative stabilization suggests that housing markets may soon move beyond the mortgage crisis and back to a period of more normal recovery and growth.
Boosted by record-high occupancy rates, REITs delivered strong earnings growth 2018’s third quarter on a year-over-year basis.
The percentage of mortgages held in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) that were 30+ days delinquent jumped from 2.29% in April to 7.15% in May.
Nareit named Nathaalie Carey to serve as its new senior vice president, industry affairs and social responsibility, effective Nov. 9, 2020.
As a regional supporter of this year’s event, Nareit has secured complimentary passes for its members to the Greenbuild Expo, Sept. 27-28, in Washington D.C.
Specialty, data centers, health care REITs led returns in 2024.
Nareit’s annual update of REIT property counts and estimated gross asset values by state and property sector is now available on the revamped REITs Across America website.
Nareit awards recognize influence and contributions of industry leaders.
Blueprint would lower tax rates, permit immediate expensing of assets and eliminate interest deduction.
CRE markets, and the economy as a whole are bolstered by the solid fundamentals that were in place when the pandemic hit, in sharp contrast to prior recessions.