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.
The REIT industry's premier annual conference, bringing together leaders for networking, one-on-one meetings, and insights shaping the year ahead.
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.
The percentage of American households with REIT stocks has also nearly doubled from 23% to 44% through the last two decades.
When assessing the outlook for REITs and commercial real estate in 2022 and beyond, it is helpful to distinguish between impermanent or cyclical effects and the longer-term structural changes that result from changes in behavior.
Nareit and its members participate with industry stakeholders on various initiatives and programs that impact the broader commercial real estate community.
The estimated total dollar value of commercial real estate was $20.7 trillion as of 2021:Q2.
NAREIT has successfully connected Members of Congress with REITs that own and operate properties within their local districts and states.
This update focuses on three property subsectors: apartments, free standing retail, and shopping center retail, given that rent collections in the industrial, office, and healthcare sectors have stabilized at high levels.
The underlying economic fundamentals for commercial real estate are gaining more momentum with a higher level of vaccine coverage, which is likely to boost REIT earnings growth over the remainder of this year.
Advanced portfolio modelling technique using 40 years of investment return data increased allocations to REITs, high-yield bonds and preferred stocks in optimized portfolios.
New research from Wilshire Funds Management has shown how adding a range of high income-generating assets, including REITs, to model retirement portfolios would have produced a nearly 40 percent gain in income returns while maintaining nearly the same total returns and risk profiles as retirement portfolios with more traditional investment allocations.
New NAREIT-sponsored research from Wilshire Funds Management shows that adding a range of high income-producing assets, including REITs, to a traditional retirement-stage portfolio would have boosted income returns by nearly 40 percent.
Investing in a 21st century real estate completion portfolio with REITs from tech-related property sectors can reduce the overall volatility of portfolio returns.
The August survey focuses on three property subsectors: apartments, free standing retail, and shopping center retail. The results show gains made last month for retail have held steady for free standing and improved further for shopping centers.