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.
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REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
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CFO Keith Taylor sees a long runway for growth as Equinix expands global footprint.
Three CEOs discuss which international markets provide the best opportunities for their companies.
REIT CFOs share their views on market challenges, reporting metrics, improving transparency, and the changing nature of their role.
Three REIT CEOs predict the biggest changes in how hotels are designed and utilized between now and 2025.
Michael Nash spoke recently with REIT magazine on topics including the state of market fundamentals and the reasons why Blackstone has been selling so much of its real estate lately.
Three CEOs highlight their company's latest ESG-related accomplishments.
Last week’s decline breaks a string of gains the to prior weeks, but REITs are still up 2.1% month-to-date.
REIT share prices rose slightly during the week ended December 18, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index posting a weekly total return of 0.5% and a year-to-date return of -6.9%.
Cohen & Steers’ Tom Bohjalian favors rental housing, cell towers, and data centers.
Michael Hedden and Marc Shapiro of FTI Consulting say market fundamentals supporting higher real estate valuations.
Listed U.S. REITs returned +7.53% during January 2015 according to the FTSE NAREIT All REIT Index, which measures the total returns (stock price appreciation plus dividend payments) of all REITs traded on major stock exchanges in the U.S. In contrast, the broad U.S. stock market suffered a decline at -1.47% according to the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index. Small-cap value stocks—sometimes mistakenly considered similar to REITs—did even worse at -2.11% according to the Russell 2000 Value Index, while large-cap stocks also underperformed at -1.73% according to the S&P 500 Index.
Most property sectors recorded small gains to increases in the high single-digits, led by timber REITs (8.3% total return) and specialty REITs (4.4% total return).
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index posted a total return of -1.1% for the week ended Nov. 20, following weekly increases of 4.3% and 6.9% earlier in the month.
REIT share prices fell during the week ended December 11, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index posting a total return of -2.5%.