Press Releases & Media

U.S. REITs achieved moderate earnings growth in the first quarter of 2018. Sustained earnings growth contributed to a decline in the industry’s aggregate price-to-FFO ratio to 15.8x, underscoring attractive valuations amid solid industry fundamentals.

The FTSE Nareit All REITs Index gained 3.74 percent on a total return basis in March.

Favorable economic trends and solid operating fundamentals support REIT industry’s growth.

mREITs led the performance of the overall U.S. REIT market in 2017, with the FTSE Nareit Mortgage REITs Index delivering a 19.79 percent total return for the year

REIT industry honors Havner and Grupe with Leadership and Achievement awards.

The recently updated study provides a comprehensive review of investment allocations and actual investment performance across 12 asset groups over an 18-year period.

The Infrastructure Sector, whose equity market capitalization consists primarily of cellular phone tower companies, led the REIT market with a total return of 34.07 percent for the first eight months of 2017.

Mortgage REITs continued to lead the U.S. REIT market’s performance through the first eight months of 2017.

The new Real Estate Industry group will be segmented out of the ICB’s Financials Industry group, of which it currently is a part.

U.S. stock exchange-listed Equity REITs delivered record Funds From Operations of $15.6 billion in the second quarter of 2017, according to the NAREIT T-Tracker^®, a quarterly composite performance measure of the entire U.S. listed REIT industry. This year’s second quarter was the first in which REIT industry FFO exceeded $15 billion, and followed just three years after the REIT industry first broke the $10 billion mark in the second quarter of 2014.