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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REITwise will take place March 24-26 in Hollywood, FL. This event is the leading educational conference for REITs, covering technical, regulatory, and operational updates.
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.
In making the case for an allocation to real estate in an investment portfolio, one of the oft-cited arguments is real estate’s ability to generate income.
Commercial property prices in April were 9.1 percent higher than one year earlier, according to the CoStar Commercial Repeat Sales Index
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rose 2.8% in February and was up 4.6% on a year-to-date basis at month-end.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index declined 1.4% in March and has risen 3.1% on a year-to-date basis as of March 31.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended and Developed Indexes each rose 1.8% in the first month of 2025, led by industrial, timberland, and health care.
REITs have been active property buyers and sellers throughout real estate cycles.
U.S. REITs raised $12.2 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the first quarter of 2025.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index showed resilience in a tumultuous April, posting a total return of 1.3%. On a year-to-date basis, the index has returned 4.4%.
U.S. REITs raised $22.5 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the second quarter of 2025.
Cap rates have been holding their ground, even as interest rates move higher. The resilience of pricing in the real estate sector should not be surprising, however, given the strength in the fundamentals that support demand for commercial space.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index posted a total return of 0.5% in September.
REIT share prices have often responded negatively to rising interest rates, at least since 2013. Is this warranted by the outlook for their future earnings?
Historical data show that, on average, real estate has enjoyed solid total returns across different interest rate regimes with REITs consistently outperforming their private market counterparts.
REIT balance sheet strength, driven by low leverage and fixed-rate debt, offers resilience and flexibility amid market volatility and rising rates.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rose 3.7% in August, led by Asia and North America.
At the start of the year, economists and financial markets anticipated that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would embark on a series of target fed fund rate cuts in 2024.