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    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 Outperform Private Real Estate by More Than 2.0% in DB Plans

    CEM Benchmarking’s 2024 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 25-year period.

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    REITs Leverage Joint Venture Partnerships to Fuel Expansion
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Nicole Funari

Market Commentary
Actively Managed Real Estate Fund Tracker: 2024Q1

Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the 27 largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insight on expert investor sentiment.

06/10/2024
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Share of Property Sector in Actively Managed Funds
Industry News
Demand for Housing Continues to Rise, Even Without Population Growth

Residential REITs own more than 1.3 million apartment units and more than 200,000 single family rental houses, as well as manufactured housing, RV parks, and marinas.

06/07/2024
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Residential Community
Market Commentary
Nareit Study Shows the Growth and Benefits of Global REIT Adoption

Nareit has updated its Global REIT Approach to Real Estate Investing study, documenting the global growth of REITs and the benefits, especially to developing nations, of enacting a REIT regime.

05/31/2024
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GDP and POP
Market Commentary
The Importance of Underrepresented Asset Classes in Defined Contribution Plans

For decades, defined benefit (DB) pension plans have been using real estate successfully within their investment portfolios.

05/06/2024
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REIT Sectors Over Time
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Actively Managed Real Estate Fund Tracker: 2023Q4

Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the 27 largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insight on expert investor sentiment.

03/27/2024
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Share of Property Sector in Actively Managed Funds
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REIT Allocations in Pension Funds Increase

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 been increasing, particularly among the largest, most sophisticated plans.

02/29/2024
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Share of Defined Benefit Plans
Market Commentary
REITs Continue to Improve GRESB Scores

GRESB, an independent organization providing validated sustainability performance data and peer benchmarks for investors and managers, has released its 2023 Real Estate Assessment, which measures the sustainability performance of individual real estate portfolios based on self-reported data.

02/23/2024
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Top Performers
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High Dividend Yields Lead Investors to Use mREITs in Income-Generating Portfolios

Debt financing through mortgages is the most common way people and businesses buy their homes and commercial properties.

02/07/2024
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Neighborhood
Market Commentary
Increased Equity Investment Boosts Number of Americans Invested in REITs to Nearly 170 Million

New research by Nareit estimates that 168 million Americans, or roughly 50% of American households, were invested in REIT stocks in 2023.

02/02/2024
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Americans with REITs
Market Commentary
REITs Supported 3.4 Million Jobs in 2022

REITs supported an estimated 3.4 million fulltime equivalent (FTE) jobs in the U.S. in 2022, producing $263 billion in labor income.

01/03/2024
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Economic Contribution by REITs in Full Time Equivalent Jobs
The Diverse Landscape of REIT-Based Real Estate Investment
12/04/2023
2024 REIT Outlook
Market Commentary
Actively Managed Real Estate Fund Tracker: 2023 Q3

Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the 27 largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insight on expert investor sentiment.

12/01/2023
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Nicole Funari is vice president of research at Nareit where she provides property and sector-level analysis as well as research on investors and commercial real estate markets. 

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