REIT Replay: REIT indexes dip during week ended Jan. 2

Indexes for US equity real estate investment trusts ticked down during the week ended Jan. 2, 2026.

The Dow Jones Equity All REIT index declined 0.46% over the recent week, compared to a larger 1.03% fall for the S&P 500 and a 0.67% decrease for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

All of the Dow Jones US real estate property sector indexes recorded weekly declines this past week. The retail REIT index logged the largest decline for the week, down 0.82%, followed by the healthcare and apartment REIT indexes with decreases of 0.72% and 0.69%, respectively. The self-storage REIT index recorded the smallest decline for the week, down a slight 0.1%.

Office REIT Net Lease Office Properties saw the largest share-price decline among all US REITs with at least $200 million in market capitalization for the week, down 19.45%. Shopping center REIT Federal Realty Investment Trust and diversified net-lease REIT FrontView REIT Inc. followed next with share-price declines of 3.24% and 3.12%, respectively.

On the other hand, data center REIT Fermi Inc. logged the largest share-price increase for the week, up 15.75%. Hotel-focused Service Properties Trust ranked second with a share-price increase of 8.57%, followed by office REIT Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. with an 8.18% increase.