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.
Due to the highly unusual nature of this recession, uncertainty about the path of the pandemic, and the potential for a robust recovery, in upcoming earnings announcements the management’s view of market conditions and discussion of the outlook are likely to attract at least as much attention as FFO.
An inverted yield curve has preceded past recessions, yet other indicators today carry a stronger signal of a resilient economy.
In 2023, four deals to acquire publicly-listed REITs have been announced, with a total deal value of $20.4 billion and 97% of the value reflecting acquisitions by listed REITs.
EY’s latest REIT Economic Contributions report estimates REITs supported 2.93 million full time equivalent jobs in the U.S in 2020, producing $197.0 billion in labor income.
The U.S. is shifting toward a greater interest in renewable energy, and the rooftop areas of buildings across the country offer a potential source of energy generation with the installation of solar panels.
This is the longest winning streak since the six consecutive weekly gains from March 26 through April 3.
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.
Data from CoStar and S&P Global Market Intelligence show REITs have very little exposure to WeWork.
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.
One of the dominant themes among institutional real estate investors over the past few years has been the shift toward “alternative” property types.
A few areas—travel, hotels, restaurants and bars, other recreation—were responsible for over a third of the overall economic decline in Q2, yet these categories represent just 6% of the overall U.S. economy.
Nareit’s annual update of REIT property counts and estimated gross asset values by state and property sector is now available on the REITs Across America website.
Commercial property performance and valuation metrics diverge from time to time.
The overall REIT sector was slightly down, with the All Equity REITs total return index declining 0.6%.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the June 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI) data showing continued high inflation at 9.1% annually.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index posted a total return of 6.9% last week, after a 4.3% gain the week before.