REITs are the subset of companies that invest solely in physical real estate. They’re a good way to gain exposure to the real estate market without having to buy individual properties.
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Not all REITs are the same, and the numbers depend on your local currency and inflation. Choose the target market and home country, and the page will display funds and data that apply to you.
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Index Funds
United States Real Estate Investment Trusts
ETFs in the United States
| Ticker | Provider | Index | Expense Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHH | Charles Schwab | DJ Equity All REIT Capped | 0.07 | |
ISIN: US8085248479; Dividends: Distributing; Notes: — | ||||
| VNQ | Vanguard | MSCI US Inv. Mkt RE 25/50 | 0.13 | |
ISIN: US9229085538; Dividends: Distributing; Notes: — | ||||
| RWR | State Street | DJ U.S. Select REIT Capped | 0.25 | |
ISIN: US78464A6073; Dividends: Distributing; Notes: — | ||||
| IYR | iShares | DJ U.S. RE Capped | 0.38 | |
ISIN: US4642877397; Dividends: Distributing; Notes: — | ||||
No funds found. See alternatives.
Notes Definitions
- +SCB — Total market fund that includes small caps (85% LCB + 15% SCB)
- +EM — Global fund that includes emerging markets (~90% DEV + 10% EM)
- -CAN — Excludes Canada (or other specified country normally in the index)
- Acc — Accumulating
- Dist — Distributing
Assume there are errors and always do your own research. No listings or links are sponsored. Because they track similar indices, all funds should have similar returns before fees.
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Alternatives
Other options when no REIT funds are available
- Global REITs — The Portfolio Charts data only tracks REITs in the US, and the fund list reflects the US market. However, because the US makes up a large percentage of the global REIT market, a global REIT fund is also a good choice.
Definition
The Portfolio Charts REIT data tracks the full Real Estate Investment Trust index for REITs in the United States.
While I don’t have data for REITs in other countries or regions, the US has historically made up a large percentage of the global REIT market. So the data should be reasonably close to global REIT funds as well.
One common misconception about REITs is that they’re closely related to housing prices that normal people see from day to day. In reality, the largest holdings are often commercial properties like cellular towers and data centers.
Performance
Since 1970, an investor in the United States holding United States real estate investment trusts earned an average 8.1% real return, with a baseline CAGR of 6.1% over 15 years. Its worst peak-to-trough loss was 50%, and the longest a new investment spent below water was under 8 years.
United States REIT Performance
| # | Metric | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| 8.1% | Average return | Mean annual return after inflation |
| 6.1% | Baseline real return (15 years) | What 15-year stretches returned in the weaker outcomes |
| 50% | Deepest drawdown | Worst peak-to-trough loss after inflation |
| 8 years | Longest drawdown | Longest a new investment stayed below what you put in |
| 17.4% | Volatility (standard deviation) | Year-to-year variation in returns |
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Data for all markets and home countries
REIT Data for All Markets and Home Countries
Everything this page knows about real estate investment trusts, as plain text for readers and assistants that cannot use the controls above: first the performance stats for every market and home country, then every index fund on this page by market and home country. The blocks above show one market and one home country at a time; these tables show all of them.
To open this page on a specific market and home country, link readers to it with ?market=MARKET&home=COUNTRY added to the URL, using the codes shown in parentheses — market codes on the rows of the stats tables and in the Market column of the fund tables, home country codes on the stats tables' headings and in the Home countries column of the fund tables (e.g. ?market=usa&home=deu). Either parameter may be omitted; the defaults are the United States for both. The asset itself is fixed by the page, so ?pk= has no effect here. More in the Guide for AI Assistants.
REIT Performance by Market and Home Country
Real Estate Investment Trusts in all 1 market the data tracks, for all 12 home countries, 1970–2025. Each row is one market; each table is one home country.
United States (usa)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 8.1% | 6.1% | 50% | 8 years | 17.4% |
Australia (aus)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 8.5% | 5.3% | 54% | 10 years | 20.4% |
Canada (can)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 8.6% | 5.8% | 47% | 8 years | 17.5% |
France (fra)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 9.0% | 6.7% | 54% | 11 years | 22.5% |
Germany (deu)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 8.7% | 6.3% | 58% | 11 years | 22.2% |
Italy (ita)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 8.9% | 6.1% | 53% | 10 years | 22.1% |
Japan (jpn)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 9.2% | 5.1% | 60% | 13 years | 23.8% |
Netherlands (nld)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 8.4% | 5.9% | 60% | 12 years | 22.3% |
Spain (esp)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 8.2% | 5.8% | 60% | 13 years | 22.7% |
Sweden (swe)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 9.6% | 7.3% | 54% | 11 years | 22.0% |
Switzerland (che)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 7.9% | 4.7% | 65% | 13 years | 23.2% |
United Kingdom (gbr)
| Market | Average | Baseline | Deepest | Longest | Volatility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (usa) | 8.3% | 6.2% | 50% | 12 years | 20.3% |
REIT Index Funds by Market and Home Country
Every REIT index fund on this page: 6 fund listings across 1 market, available to investors in 9 home countries. Each table is one target market (the region the fund invests in); each row is one fund, listed once with every home country it is sold in.
Home country codes: France (fra), Germany (deu), Italy (ita), Japan (jpn), Netherlands (nld), Spain (esp), Switzerland (che), United Kingdom (gbr), United States (usa).
United States Real Estate Investment Trusts (usa)
| Market | ISIN | Tickers | Provider | Index | Expense Ratio | Dividends | Notes | Home countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| usa | US8085248479 | SCHH | Charles Schwab | DJ Equity All REIT Capped | 0.07 | Distributing | — | usa |
| usa | US9229085538 | VNQ | Vanguard | MSCI US Inv. Mkt RE 25/50 | 0.13 | Distributing | — | usa |
| usa | JP3048570000 | 1659 | State Street | FTSE Nareit Equity REITs | 0.2 | Distributing | — | jpn |
| usa | US78464A6073 | RWR | State Street | DJ U.S. Select REIT Capped | 0.25 | Distributing | — | usa |
| usa | US4642877397 | IYR | iShares | DJ U.S. RE Capped | 0.38 | Distributing | — | usa |
| usa | IE00B1FZSF77 | IDUP, IQQ7, IUSP, IUSPz | iShares | EPRA/NAREIT US Dividend+ | 0.4 | Distributing | — | fra, deu, ita, nld, esp, che, gbr |