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.
Apartment, retail sectors said to be poised for growth.
In 2021, REITs outperformed the S&P 500 by 12.6 percentage points with an annual return of 41.3%.
April and early May capital markets activity was highlighted by the announcement of three large REIT mergers. So far in 2021, U.S. REITs have raised over $26 billion in IPOs and secondary debt and equity offerings.
Office REIT Columbia Property Trust narrows focus to New York, San Francisco and Washington.
Bi-monthly thoughts from NAREIT's Chairman.
U.S. REITs raised $22.5 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the second quarter of 2025.
Mortgage REITs are an investment in real estate finance that combine high current income with long-term total return and portfolio diversification. MREITs have delivered a 21.2 percent total return over the past year, outpacing most other investments over this period.
The most recent rent survey results show that on average for REITs, the share of typical rent collected in May was largely unchanged from April.
First quarter REIT performance, early second quarter performance, and how REITs are positioned amid current market volatility was the focus of the April 8 webinar, “FTSE Nareit US Real Estate Indexes in Review & What’s Next.”
U.S. REITs raised $4.1 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the third quarter of 2023, though this preliminary total will be revised upward when ATM program usage data become available.
NAREIT’s Brad Case says investors should pay attention to supply conditions in 2015.
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.
At the start of the year, economists and financial markets anticipated that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would embark on a series of target fed fund rate cuts in 2024.
Roughly 44% of American households are invested in REIT stocks.
U.S. REITs raised $12.2 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the first quarter of 2025.