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.
The three-day conference focused on legal, financial, tax, and accounting issues for REITs.
Most sectors were up, including a 10.3% total return for timber REITs, a 6.9% total return for specialty REITs and 6.7% total return for commercial financing mREITs.
Travis McCready says he is “incredibly bullish” on diversity of life science locations across the country.
Green Street’s Cedrik Lachance says office demand could decline by 15%.
Investors report widespread optimism about direction of real estate market.
Bi-monthly thoughts from NAREIT's Chairman.
"Energy-efficient buildings offer leaders an opportunity to set themselves apart from their competition while maximizing tenant satisfaction."
March marked 23 straight months with hires greater than separations and the March JOLTs report showed private job openings are in excess of 10.5 million, the highest level ever recorded.
NAREIT's Calvin Schnure highlights strength in payroll, GDP, auto sales.
The REIT sector overall entered this crisis period from a stronger position than in previous market downturns in terms of operational performance, balance sheet strength and sources of liquidity available for the potentially lean months ahead.
REITs posted solid funds from operations (FFO) in the third quarter of 2025 and maintained strong balance sheets with well-structured debt, according to Nareit’s quarterly REIT Industry Tracker released today.
Green Street’s Alaine Coffey says REITs should stay on top of local regulations on their path to net zero.
REIT CEO succession is seen as one of the highest priorities for the board to address.
According to the 2023 Hodes Weill/Cornell Real Estate Allocations Monitor, institutions consider REITs to be a complement to private real estate in terms of filling allocation needs and addressing liquidity objectives.
The high level of jobless claims week after week raised fears that new rounds of layoffs may be spreading from the sectors initially hit by the crisis to the rest of the economy, and perhaps warning of greater damage from the shutdowns.