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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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The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 2.4% in July, extending its year-to-date total return to 17.7%.
REITs posted record-high funds from operations (FFO) in the fourth quarter of 2024 and continued to have strong balance sheets with well-structured debt, according to Nareit’s quarterly REIT Industry Tracker released today.
The headline for the Mortgage REIT industry is a big one: the dividends paid by exchange-traded Mortgage REITs yield 10.54%, on average, as of the beginning of February 2017.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index declined 2.4% in March as broader market equities suffered greater losses, with the Russell 1000 declining 5.8% and the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market falling 5.9%.
The U.S. commercial real estate market is amid an uncoupling. Property operational performance has generally been strong for both public and private real estate, but valuation metrics and total returns have diverged.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rose 3.2% in March, narrowly outperforming global equities as the FTSE Global All Cap rose 3.1%.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index gained 2.8% in July, bringing its 2026 return to 11.9%, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index returned 2.7% for the month and has gained 13.2% year-to-date.
Rankings weigh ESG performance data and a public survey of corporate social responsibility perceptions.
Office REITs own and manage office real estate and rent space in those properties to a variety of tenants.
Alex Beath is a senior research analyst at CEM Benchmarking. Nareit recently collaborated with CEM to analyse more than two decades of U.S. pension fund performance data.
Gaming REITs focus on acquiring real estate dedicated to gaming, entertainment, and experiential hospitality.
REITs work to attract larger allocations from retail investors.
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 analysis of data from Preqin, a financial research firm that tracks investments in alternative assets, indicates that the use of REITs by pension plans has increased in the last six years.