Industry News Lower Interest Rates May Fuel Demand for Housing and Timber Timberland REITs specialize in owning timberlands, and through their taxable subsidiaries, harvesting and selling timber for lumber products. 10/03/2024 Shrink Expand
Market Commentary REITs Supported 3.5 Million Jobs in 2023 REITs supported an estimated 3.5 million fulltime equivalent jobs in the U.S. in 2023, producing $278 billion in labor income. 09/23/2024 Image
Market Commentary REITs Own 580,000 Properties 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. 09/20/2024 Image
Market Commentary Actively Managed Real Estate Fund Tracker: 2024Q2 In the second quarter of 2024, active managers increased allocations in the digital sectors and health care. 09/05/2024 Image
Mid-Year Report: Real Estate Active Managers Diversify Portfolios and Embrace Newer Property Sectors 07/11/2024
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Market Commentary 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 Image
Market Commentary 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 Image
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 Image