Blog REITs Supported 3.6 Million Jobs, $283 Billion in Labor Income, in 2024 REITs supported an estimated 3.6 million fulltime equivalent (FTE) jobs in the United States in 2024, producing $283 billion in labor income, according to EY’s latest Economic Contribution of REITs report, commissioned by Nareit. 10/23/2025 Image
Blog Global Active Manager Tracker Highlights Regional Differences in Property Sector Investment Active managers of global real estate funds make strategic use of both geography and property sectors in investing over time. 10/06/2025 Image
Industry News Timberland REITs Face Construction Headwinds Construction in general, and residential construction in particular, has slowed considerably due to tariffs on building materials and labor shortages and stoppages. 10/02/2025 Image
Blog New Actively Managed Global Real Estate Funds Tracker Shows Diversity in Geographic, Sector Holdings The new global active manager tracker follows the quarterly investment holdings of the largest actively managed funds invested globally, not just in the U.S. 09/23/2025 Image
Blog Private, Listed Real Estate Diverge on Traditional Property Sector Investment Choices Active managers in the REIT space differ significantly from those in private real estate principally in their investment in non-traditional property sectors. 09/19/2025 Image
Blog REITs Own 570,000 Properties in the U.S. Nareit’s annual update of REIT property counts and estimated gross asset values by state and property sector is now available on the REITs Across America website. 08/27/2025 Image
Blog Telecommunications Takes Top Share, Office No Longer Underweight in Q2 Actively Managed Real Estate Fund Tracker Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insights into expert investor sentiment. 08/08/2025 Image
Industry News Residential REITs: Construction Slowdown Points to Near-Term Rent Rebound Residential REITs own and manage various forms of residences and rent space in those properties to tenants. 06/09/2025 Image
Blog Real Estate and REIT Allocations in Generalist Funds Trending Higher Actively managed generalist funds tend to be underweight in real estate and REITs. 06/06/2025 Image
Blog Traded REITs Top 1,000 Worldwide Nareit’s annual update of the Global REIT Approach to Real Estate Investing study shows growth in REITs worldwide, with more than 1,000 traded REITs at the end of 2024 in 42 countries and regions. 06/02/2025 Image
Blog Defined Benefit Pension Funds Increasing REIT Usage in Real Estate Strategies Nareit analysis of data from Preqin, a financial research firm that tracks investments in alternative assets, indicates that the use of REITs by pension plans has increased in the last six years. 05/27/2025 Image
Blog Telecommunications, Office, Self-Storage Advance in Q1 Actively Managed Real Estate Fund Tracker Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insights into expert investor sentiment. 05/19/2025 Image
