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.
REITwise will take place March 24-26 in Hollywood, FL. This event is the leading educational conference for REITs, covering technical, regulatory, and operational updates.
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 FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 3.2% in September, continuing to outperform the broader stock market as the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market and Russell 1000 each rose 2.1%.
NAREIT’s Brad Case says REIT dividend yields remain high relative to other assets.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index posted a total return of 3.8% in January, while the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index returned 3.5%.
Newsweek and global data research firm Statista narrowed list from 2,000 public companies to 300.
REITs outperformed large-cap equities and the broader stock market in January, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index posting a total return of 2.8%.
As the REIT industry has grown and matured, it has had to deal with the misperception that Equity REITs generally are part and parcel of “Financials” in the world of equities.
Over the first six months of 2017 the broad U.S. stock market had outperformed the REIT market, with the Russell 3000 Index showing total returns of 8.93% compared to just 5.43% for the FTSE NAREIT All REIT Index. Dig just a little deeper, though, and this turns out not to be a “stocks vs REITs” story at all.
In today’s economy, the pace of inflation has moderated, economic growth has remained healthy, the unemployment rate has held steady, the prospects of recession have lessened, and expectations for continued monetary policy easing have proliferated.
Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insights into expert investor sentiment.
Historical data show that, on average, real estate has enjoyed solid total returns across different interest rate regimes with REITs consistently outperforming their private market counterparts.
March 16, 2021 - Nareit Senior Economist Calvin Schnure joined a virtual summit featuring a panel of economists specializing in real estate moderated by Akiko Matsuda, a reporter with The Real Deal.
Listed equity REITs are being used to complete investors’ private real estate portfolios.
REITs are gaining ground in their efforts to attract generalist investors.
REITs posted positive returns to begin 2025 as the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index rose 1.0% in January.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index showed resilience in a tumultuous April, posting a total return of 1.3%. On a year-to-date basis, the index has returned 4.4%.