REITs - Real Estate Investment Trusts
Unlock the potential of real estate investment with our publicly traded REITs, offering you access to a diverse range of high-quality properties and the opportunity to enhance your portfolio.
Discover the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), which allow you to invest in real estate for the long term through property ownership, leasing operations, or by purchasing mortgages and loans that help finance these assets. REITs are designed to deliver steady dividends and potential growth in share value.
By investing in REITs, you can access a diversified portfolio of real estate assets and enjoy rental income streams without the need to buy or invest large amounts of capital.
Explore available REITs
Benefits of REITs for personal investors
Owning real estate is one of the earliest forms of investment, but can come with high costs and risks. REITs offer the benefits of adding real estate exposure to your portfolio with minimal downside.
- LiquidityEasily buy or sell for tactical asset allocation and simple portfolio rebalancing.
- Steady Long-Term GrowthGet competitive and stable long-term returns through modest appreciation in share price over time.
- High Dividend YieldRegular income from rentals provide steady dividends and reduced revenue volatility.
- DiversificationAn attractive alternative to tangible asset investments, providing portfolio diversity and higher risk-adjusted returns.
- HedgingRental prices and property valuations tend to increase with inflation, supporting dividend growth and providing reliable income during inflationary periods.
Benefits of REITs for institutional investors
Real estate is often a part of a diverse portfolio for large investment companies. But there are many challenges to owning single properties. REITs can change that formula.
Raise Capital
Raise capital for future expansion without selling a stake of the holding company.
Leverage
Leverage real estate assets by creating a REIT and raising capital through the partial sale of the REIT.
Transparency
Enhance corporate governance and disclosure standards that align with shareholder interests and audited financial reports.
Expansion
Raise additional capital to purchase more real estate assets by selling part of the units to new investments (Private REITs) or to the public (Public REITs).
Reduce Risk
Provide opportunities for other investors to participate in the ownership of the real estate assets.
How to trade REITs
Trade REITs on DFM similar to any listed security by placing the selling or buying orders through the broker.Open a Trading Account
- iVestor app
You can download the iVestor app to instantly open a trading account with our partnered brokers and trade instantly. - DFM Licensed brokers
Select and appoint a licensed broker to carry out your buying and selling transactions. You may first want to contact the brokers, as each one offers different products and services.
Start Trading
Once you appoint a broker, you can start trading through the options they provide, such as through iVestor app or their mobile app or online platform.
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