REITs invest in the majority of real estate property types, including offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, retail centers, medical facilities, data centers, cell towers, telecommunications 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.
A deeper look at the U.S. economy and commercial real estate markets shows why REITs are well positioned to navigate the economic environment and provide opportunities for investors over the remainder of 2024.
JBG SMITH sees highly-amenitized collaborative spaces as key to driving office occupancy and is investing $40 million at its National Landing development in Northern Virginia to double down on that strategy.
This year's REITworks Conference, only open to Nareit corporate members, gives REIT professionals a forum to dive deep into critical sustainability topics impacting REITs.
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.
Mutual funds are a common way for investors to access the real estate asset class. REIT.com provides a list of real estate funds that can be sorted by Morningstar rating, performance, and net assets.
The pandemic's impact on demand will be short-term, but there may also be longer-term structural changes
The economic damage caused by COVID-19 is unprecedented, but the economy may be ready to start recovering in the second half of 2020.
REITs maintained strong balance sheets, financial resilience, and high occupancy rates as the COVID-19 crisis intensified
Free-Standing Retail REITs were the top performing segment of the stock exchange-listed U.S. REIT industry in the first two months of 2016. The segment, which primarily consists of triple net lease REITs, delivered an 11.23 percent total return.
REITs continued to attract yield-seeking investors in the first half of the year. The FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index provided a dividend yield of 3.97 percent on June 30. The FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index provided a dividend yield of 3.59 percent, and the FTSENAREIT Mortgage REITs Index’s dividend yield was 10.87 percent. In comparison, the dividend yield of the S&P 500 was 2.17 percent.
REIT dividend yields increased in October over the prior month, and six Equity REIT market segments had dividend yields of more than 4 percent in October.
Nareit’s Calvin Schnure says REITs had high occupancy and a strong financial base entering the second quarter.
U.S. REITs raised $4.1 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the third quarter of 2023, though this preliminary total will be revised upward when ATM program usage data become available.
Compared against broad market benchmarks, REITs outperformed the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market by 1.4 percentage points, large cap S&P 500 by 1.3 percentage points, and the small cap Russell 2000 by 4.47 percentage points in January 2020.