2026 REIT Dividend Yields
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As of April 2, publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.98 percent.
The self storage REIT sector recorded the highest one-year average dividend yield among this group, at 4.25 percent, outpacing the broader Dow Jones Equity All REIT Index by 0.27 percentage points. It was followed by the apartment REIT sector with a one-year average dividend yield of 4.01 percent.
The 10-Year T-Note surpassed the apartment REIT sector by 21.90 basis points. The manufactured homes REIT sector logged dividend yield of 3.39 percent.
The health-care REIT sector logged the lowest average dividend yield at 3.04 percent.
Pslam Uy is a senior associate in the real estate client operations department of S&P Global Market Intelligence. If you are interested in learning more about the products and services available within S&P Global Real Estate data, please visit us here.
—Posted on April 21, 2026
As of March 3, 2026 publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.98 percent.
Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Self Storage outperformed the U.S. equity REITs sector by 0.26 basis points and outperformed the self storage REIT sector by 25.29 basis points, with a 4.23 percent average dividend yield while self storage had 4.24 percent. The apartments REIT sector logged dividend yield of 3.95 percent.
On the other end of the spectrum, the manufactured homes REIT sector logged a 3.37 percent yield while health care had the lowest at 3.07 percent.
Hamdia Bukhari is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Client Operations Department of S&P Global Market Intelligence. If you are interested in learning more about the products and services available within S&P Global Real Estate data, please visit us here.
—Posted on March 26, 2026
