2026 REIT Returns

As of March 2, publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a 7.59 percent one-year total return.

The Dow Jones U.S. real estate Health care topped the chart with a 32.32 percent total return with a 24.72 percentage points difference from US Equity REIT, followed by US Real Estate Multifamily index with -14.44 percent .The All US Equity REIT index followed next and posted a one-year total return of -7.59 percent.

On the other end of the scale, The Self Storage Index has a one-year total return of 7.94 percent. The Manufactured homes sector as shown by the Dow Jones U.S. real estate Manufactured homes index had the one-year total return of 3.39 percent.

Among the multifamily-focused REITs, Veris Residential Inc. delivered the highest one-year total return of approximately 12.8 percent. This was followed by Centerspace and Apartment Investment and Management Co. at -0.37 precent and -9.94 percent one-year total returns, respectively.

NextPoint Residential Trust Inc. posted a -28.7 percent total return for the 1-year timeframe—the lowest among the multifamily REITs.

Hamdia Bukhari is 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 25, 2026