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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Self-storage segment leads REIT market with 15.1 percent return.
Research says pension funds are leaving returns on the table by under-allocating to REITs.
Stock exchange-listed Equity REITs significantly outperformed the rest of the equity market in March and the first quarter of 2016, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). The total return of the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was 9.99 percent in March and 5.86 percent in the first quarter, while the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index was up 10.17 percent in March and 5.84 percent in the first quarter.
Total returns of stock exchange-listed U.S. REITs, led by Mortgage REITs, climbed in June, the second quarter and the first half of 2017, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts reported.
mREITs led the performance of the overall U.S. REIT market in 2017, with the FTSE Nareit Mortgage REITs Index delivering a 19.79 percent total return for the year
REITs have provided that diversification benefit because their underlying returns are driven by the real estate market cycle, which is very different from the business cycle that drives the returns of most other companies in the stock market.
Data center REITs own and manage highly specialized facilities that house the critical IT infrastructure that powers today’s economy.