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.
Each year Nareit collects tax reporting data for each Nareit member. View this year's data or explore the archive.
Nareit’s 2026 outlook addresses the topics that have been on the minds of real estate investors, including valuation divergences, compelling opportunities, and global strategies.
REITweek is the largest REIT-focused event, connecting institutional investors with REIT management teams through company presentations, one-on-one meetings, and curated networking.
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.
Jay Hartzell is professor and chair of the Department of Finance, and executive director of the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
REITs evolve over time to support economic growth.
A comparison of recent trends of the P/E ratio for the S&P 500 to the price-to-FFO ratio for REITs shows a contrasting risk/reward tradeoff between the broad equity market and REITs.
Nareit’s Calvin Schnure sees rising occupancy, rents, and strong balance sheets in the REIT sector.
Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements and developments within the REIT and publicly listed real estate market.
REITs look forward to more certainty for consumers in the coming year
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. brings a new model of opioid addiction treatment to the country’s hardest hit city.
Last year, Ventas became the first healthcare REIT to commit to net-zero operational carbon emissions (scopes 1 and 2)—a goal the company has set out to achieve by 2040.
Unique supply constraints and healthy demand are key factors behind strong performance, analysts say.
Nareit presented the 19th annual Leader in the Light® Awards at its REITworld: 2024 Annual Conference in Las Vegas.
Analysts point to possible rate cuts, stabilizing book values, increased loan originations as reasons to be positive.
The year ahead is likely to see further improvement in commercial real estate markets as the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the top ten developments to follow.
REITs are adapting to the needs of a new generation of consumers: the millennials.
Nareit’s REITs Across America data shows most gross asset value growth coming from newer REIT sectors.
CBRE’s Ian Anderson says the life science industry is growing at its fastest pace in 18 years.
From small towns to big cities, communities and neighborhoods are often defined in part by their real estate.