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.
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REITs declined in the opening week of 2021, with a -2.4% total return on the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index.
Publicly traded REITs are continuing to adopt, implement, and report on environmental, social, and governance practices and integrate them across their businesses.
Dividend distributions are a vital part of the REIT total return proposition. Since 1995, Nareit has worked with representatives of the Investment Company Institute (ICI) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) to develop procedures for corporate members that are designed to facilitate the timely reporting of the required dividend distribution information while minimizing reporting discrepancies.
Office REITs own and manage office real estate and rent space in those properties to a variety of tenants.
Specialty, data centers, health care REITs led returns in 2024.
All property sectors met or exceeded their prior week’s performance as REITs posted their strongest weekly performance since Oct. 15.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index performed strongly in 2021, with a total return of 41.3%, while the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs index rose 43.2%.
Dave Nadig spoke with REIT magazine about the market for ETFs and the implications of the GICS move for listed REITs and real estate companies on the buy side of the investing industry.
Year-to-date total returns for All Equity REITs stands at 30.1% and 32.6% for Equity REITs.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index rose 1.5% for the week ending Nov. 5 while the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs index rose 1.8%.
REITs have low exposure to floating rate debt, with over 87% of the debt held by the industry at fixed rates.
REITs posted declines comparable to those on broad market indices.
Becoming a core part of new GICS real estate sector reflects growth of REIT-based real estate investment.
Nareit spoke with Dave Bragg, managing director and research analyst at Green Street Advisors, about land-use regulations, demographics and supply constraints in certain sectors and markets.
Year-to-date total returns for All Equity REITs stands at 31.8% and 34.9% for Equity REITs.