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.
The REIT Industry Sustainability Report 2024 includes industry trends, REIT sustainability reporting data and analysis, as well as useful information on the publicly traded U.S. REIT industry’s primary sustainability, social responsibility, and governance practices.
REITs directly employed an estimated 331,000 FTE employees who earned $31.1 billion of labor income in the U.S.
At the end of 2023, U.S. public REITs owned an estimated 580,000 properties—up 1% from the previous year—and 15 million acres of timberland across the U.S.
REITworld 2024, scheduled for Nov. 18-21 in Las Vegas, NV, will bring together REIT management teams, investors, and analysts for topical sessions, one-on-one meetings, and networking.
For 60 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.
With strong operational performance and balance sheets, REITs are well-positioned to navigate economic and market uncertainty in 2023.
Though REITs have not been immune to capital market uncertainty and mortgage market turmoil, they continue to have sound operations, solid balance sheets, and successful equity and unsecured debt issuances in the capital markets.
New data show that REITs continue to have well-structured debt; 76 percent of REITs’ total debt is unsecured, while 87 percent of listed REITs’ total debt is at a fixed rate, according to first quarter 2023 data from the Nareit Total REIT Industry Tracker Series (T-Tracker®) report released today.
In the third quarter of 2022, the FTSE Nareit All Equity Index and NCREIF Fund Index–Open End Diversified Core Equity posted rolling four-quarter total returns of -16.3% and 22.1%, respectively.
New data from the second quarter show that REITs continue to have well-structured debt—79% of REITs’ total debt was unsecured, while 91% of listed REITs’ total debt was at a fixed rate, according to the Nareit Total REIT Industry Tracker Series (T-Tracker®) report released today.
Q4 Data Highlights Strength of REITs’ Operational Performance, Balance Sheets, and Post-Pandemic Recoveries.
REIT debt remains well structured; operational performance shows year-over-year growth.
Nareit’s REITwise 2024: Law, Accounting & Finance Conference convened almost 1,100 real estate executives and REIT industry professionals this week.
Commercial property performance and valuation metrics diverge from time to time.
Nareit and its REESA partners continue to advance adoption of the REIT model worldwide.
The REIT industry has committed to making meaningful strides on diversity, equity, and inclusion across its ranks.
Industrial, residential, data center, retail, office, and senior housing sectors discussed.