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.
CoStar Group’s Steven Hatfield discussed how macro-level data is shaping decision-making across office, retail, and industrial real estate.
Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insights into expert investor sentiment.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index fell 4.5% in January, and posted a total return of 16.0% since Oct. 19, 2023.
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.
Pension funds are deploying more capital to REITs to diversify and balance their portfolios.
FTSE EPRA Nareit indices offer exposure to new and emergent property sectors.
CEM Benchmarking Study Illustrates the Powerful Role REITs Can Play in DB Plans; Features Data from Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.
There’s a persistent, predictable relationship between the liquid and illiquid real estate markets: private-side real estate valuations respond more slowly to changes in market conditions than do public-side valuations, so the values in private, illiquid markets typically lag public market values by two to five quarters on average, depending on whether participants in private markets are evaluating market conditions by looking at completed transactions or at property appraisals. Correcting for that lag can give you a pretty good sense of whether a public/private arbitrage opportunity has arisen.
Nareit’s John Worth, Macerich’s Cory Scott, and Bisnow’s East Coast Editor joined other DC-based CRE executives for a May 10 webinar to discuss commercial real estate trends; on-demand viewing available.
REITs outperformed the broader market in the first quarter of 2019.
REITs outperform private real estate by nearly 2.3% in defined benefit (DB) plans, according to a new study by CEM Benchmarking, Inc.
New research from Wilshire Funds Management illustrates the benefits of REIT dividends for income oriented investment portfolios.
Free-Standing Retail REITs rent collected see jump of more than 12 percentage points; Industrial sector remains strongest performer.
Leading REIT analysts review the outlook for the data center, health care, industrial, infrastructure, lodging, multifamily, office, retail, self-storage, and timber real estate sectors.
Analysts point to increasing confidence in economy and sound fundamentals.
Data from over 300 pension funds found listed equity REITs to be the top-performing asset class overall, with significantly lower fees than other real and alternative assets.