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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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In more normal times a weekly move up or down of nearly 4% would be major news, but in a period of heightened volatility during the covid-19 crisis, this is the smallest move in quite a while.
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In 2003, the share of TDFs with REIT exposure was only 50%, while in 2018, 97% of them invest in REITs. In fact, 60% of TDFs have a dedicated REIT sleeve within their asset allocation.
The Federal Reserve’s Senior Loan Officer Survey for August 2021 indicates that conditions in commercial real estate markets are improving.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rose 2.8% in February and was up 4.6% on a year-to-date basis at month-end.
The economy is returning to its trend growth after getting a boost from the 2017 tax cuts.
REITs Rebounded in the Fourth Quarter as Treasury Yields Declined
Joshua Kagan expects sharp increase in energy efficiency transactions in coming years.
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The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index fell 2.2% in October, with most of the losses concentrated at month-end, as markets responded to company news about earnings risks and the possibility that the Federal Reserve will not be lowering rates any further for the time being.
Analysts say concerns about interest rates put pressure on REITs in October.
An occupancy rate highlights property market fundamentals; it is a measure of the interaction of supply and demand. In the first quarter of 2026, Nareit’s REIT Industry Tracker broadened its coverage of occupancy rates from four to 10 property sectors.
Most sectors were up, including a 10.3% total return for timber REITs, a 6.9% total return for specialty REITs and 6.7% total return for commercial financing mREITs.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 1.8% in March. Broader equity markets continued to outperform, as the Russell 1000 and Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market each rose 3.2%.
In September, REITs and stocks posted their worst monthly performance since March 2020, as a hawkish Federal Reserve warned that measures to bring inflation under control could bring “some pain” to U.S. financial markets, and Treasury yields continued to rise.
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%.