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Nareit research has shown that REIT total returns have tended to bounce back and even surge after periods of significant REIT underperformance relative to private real estate.

Some market participants may be concerned about the future course of stock prices, but the correlation between listed REITs and the broad stock market is at its lowest level in more than 12 years, suggesting that whatever factors happen to drive the non-REIT part of the market will not necessarily spill over to affect the REIT market.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. pioneered the life science real estate niche and continues to break new ground in the sector.

December 2018 was bitter for investors. Total returns in the broad REIT market were -7.73 percent—but that was good news compared with large-cap stocks (-9.03 percent according to the S&P 500), small-cap stocks (-11.88 percent for the Russell 2000) and especially small-cap value stocks (-12.09 percent).

The industrial, retail, and apartment property types have maintained occupancy and four-quarter rent growth rates akin to or higher than their respective pre-pandemic levels.

Nareit CEO Steve Wechsler co-presented a session on REITs at the Global Real Estate Investment Forum 2019.

Over the two market days following the Brexit vote U.S. stock market volatility more than doubled, from 9.9% (below its inter-quartile range) to 22.0% (above its IQR)—but U.S. REIT market volatility nudged up by barely one-seventh, from 9.6% to 10.9%.

Office REITs map out tangible strategies to achieve ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions.

Specialty REITs own and manage a unique mix of property types and collect rent from tenants.

These days, Fulya Kocak rarely has to explain her ESG title - which speaks to how much the REIT industry has matured on that front in a relatively short time.

CEO Joe Margolis sees opportunities of scale emerging from the $12 billion merger.

REITs outperformed most other GICs sectors with only 5.8% of the REIT market cap downgraded. REITs were the third best performing GICS sector by this measure.

New REIT CEOs share their perspectives on leadership and their jobs.

Are low cap rates flashing a signal that speculative pricing is setting the market up for a correction? 

Bi-monthly thoughts from NAREIT's Chairman.

Total returns from a passively managed investment in the broad listed U.S. equity REIT market averaged 11.46% per year over the 20 years ending April 2015, substantially better than the broad stock market at just 9.50% per year.