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Enacted in the wake of 9/11, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) has provided stability to the economy since 2002 by restoring the private insurance marketplace and allowing businesses to once again purchase terrorism risk insurance while protecting the economy against highly unpredictable, catastrophic terrorist attacks.

Rising interest rates and expectations of future changes in monetary policy have at times impacted the share prices of equity REITs. However, increases in interest rates often are driven by economic growth that may support the growth of REIT earnings and dividends in the future. Research shows that REITs returns have generally been positive and have often outperformed the S&P 500 in periods of rising interest rates.

Investors are increasingly evaluating companies based on specific environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and good corporate governance-related criteria and the subset focused on “responsible investments” continues to grow.

Private REITs are real estate funds or companies that are exempt from SEC registration and whose shares do not trade on national stock exchanges. Private REITs generally can be sold only to institutional investors.

Public non-listed REITs (PNLRs) register with the the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but they do not trade on major securities exchanges. PNLRs operate like listed REITs in nearly every other way, but they typically face redemption restrictions that limit their liquidity.

Nareit represents REITs and publicly traded real estate companies in matters of legislation and public policy. Additionally, Nareit informs the investment community about the REIT approach to real estate investment. Efforts in these areas extend to international investors and governments. 

Nareit’s Investment Affairs & Investor Education Outreach Program has been developed to inform institutional investors, individual investors and financial advisors worldwide about the many positive investment performance attributes of REIT-based real estate investment, thereby empowering all cohorts of investors to make more informed decisions about the appropriate allocation of assets invested in REITs.

Nareit has been selected by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to operate the .reit top-level domain (“TLD”) registry. 

The first complete quarterly measure of the U.S. listed REIT industry’s operating and dividend performance.