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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Industrial REITs are companies that own, manage, and lease industrial real estate. Industrial real estate properties may include warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities.
REITs ended 2025 on a muted note, as the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index fell 2.1% in December, finishing the year with a total return of 2.3%. The FTSE Nareit Mortgage REITs Index rose 16.0% for the year, led by the home financing sector with a total return of 26.4%.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rebounded from a weak January, rising 1.9% in February. REITs underperformed broader markets as the Russell 1000 and Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market both rose 5.4%.
REIT magazine recently spoke with the portfolio managers of some of 2015’s top-performing real estate mutual funds to discover the opportunities and challenges they see for 2016.
Across the various REIT sectors, there were seven property sectors with gains for the week, led by lodging/resorts with a total return of 7.6%.
Alex Beath is a senior research analyst at CEM Benchmarking. Nareit recently collaborated with CEM to analyse more than two decades of U.S. pension fund performance data.
Data Centers led the entire REIT market’s performance in the first four months of 2017 with an 18.03 percent total return, and Home Financing REITs led the Mortgage REIT market with a 16.82 percent return.
REITs are outpacing broader market year-to-date.
REIT returns at mid-year are slightly ahead of the broader market.
Bi-monthly thoughts from NAREIT's Chairman.
REITs still attracting investors searching for yield.
All property sectors met or exceeded their prior week’s performance as REITs posted their strongest weekly performance since Oct. 15.
Eight Equity REIT property sectors and subsectors outperformed the 3.92 percent total return of the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index in the first four months of the year. Three property segments delivered double-digit total returns: Specialty REITs were up 16.77 percent; Free-standing Retail REITs were up 14.85 percent; and Data Centers gained 14.14 percent.
Year-to-date total returns for All Equity REITs stands at 31.9% and 35.2% for Equity REITs.