First Trust FTSE EPRA/NAR... (FFR)

Another First Trust ETF is switching to VettaFi, bringing the total number of First Trust funds tracking the VettaFi family of indexes to six, representing more than $100 million in assets.

After back-to-back negative return months at the start of the year, REITs began the recovery process in March with a +4.93% total return.

2021 was a very strong year for REITs, which had positive total returns in 10 out of the 12 months, including December's +8.73% average return. Large cap (+49.35%) and small cap REITs (+47.34%) surged...

Across the land, there are few better inflation hedges than land itself. Timber REITs own nearly 30 million acres of land, more acreage than the smallest U.S. five states combined. Truly an "organic g...

Despite reporting record-low occupancy rates and rental rate spreads, mall REITs have been the best-performing property sector this year, riding the vaccine-driven reopening rotation to gains of more ...

Give me yield or give me death. In a world of perpetually low interest rates, investors have piled into yield-oriented equity sectors to quench their voracious appetite for income.

Global REITs market has declined by 4.13% year-to-date according to Invbots Global REITs Index, mainly due to the pandemic and the concern on the global recession.

COVID-19 upended what had been a healthy real estate market entering 2020. Investors remain cautious after seeing the severe impact to the lodging and retail se