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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U.S. REITs continue to benefit from low interest rates and positive fundamentals, analysts say.
U.S. stock exchange-listed Equity REITs drove operating and earnings growth higher in the fourth quarter, highlighted by record occupancy rates and rising Funds from Operations.
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Residential REITs own and manage various forms of residences and rent space in those properties to tenants.
The U.S. REIT industry – through the properties it owns and operates – supports the employment of nearly 3 million people, making our DEI action both necessary and impactful.
Nareit’s annual update of REIT property counts and estimated gross asset values by state and property sector is now available on the REITs Across America website.
At the end of 2020, U.S. public REITs owned an estimated 502,937 properties and 15.1 million acres of timberland across the U.S.
For years, LEED and ENERGY STAR have been prominent in the ESG vernacular of the REIT industry, but another building certification program—Fitwel— has recently joined the club.
REITs have seen a large increase in investor interest in ESG with greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and climate change top of mind.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index, broader markets, and treasuries responded positively as investors broadly believe the Federal Reserve’s cycle of monetary policy tightening to be over.
REITs underperformed broader markets for the month of May but outperformed on a year-to-date basis as equity markets continued to be buffeted by heightened volatility.
REIT earnings, as measured by funds from operations, increased 30.9% from the previous year to a record high of over $18 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®.
Commercial property prices edged higher in 2018, increasing 1.8 percent over one year earlier.
Over the past 10 years, we have seen dramatic changes in the composition of REIT equity market capitalization.