| From Seekingalpha.com: Even with the downturn in the residential housing market, and credit issues that continue to make front page news, as of the end of September REITs have generated total returns including dividends of about 1.8 percent year-to-date.
During the same time the S&P 500 was down 19.3 percent, the Nasdaq was down 21.1 percent, and the DJIA was down 18.2 percent. The REITs that are outperforming include the self-storage REITs, which are up 33.8%, health care REITs, which have risen 18.5 percent, and apartment REITs, which are up 17.4 percent. Not surprisingly, the worst-performing REITs are those tied to mortgages, with returns down 31 percent..... Full Article: Source
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