National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts Releases November Media Update

Washington, D.C. (Vocus) November 5, 2007

Specialty and Industrial segments post strongest returns in the REIT industry through the first 10 months of 2007, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (http://nareit.com).

Other news:

• Specialty (up 16.86 percent) and Industrial (up 13.15 percent) were the top-performing REIT sectors through Oct. 31, 2007.
• Other REIT sectors that posted positive total returns for the first 10 months of the year were Free Standing Retail (8.08 percent), Regional Malls (3.98 percent) and Health Care (0.08 percent).
• For the year, the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was down 5.92 percent following a positive 0.82 percent return in October. The FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index was down 2.37 percent for the year following a 1.12 percent total return in October.

In addition, it’s the last chance for media to secure credentials for next week’s NAREIT Annual Convention, Nov. 14-16 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Session topics will include global markets and investments, capital market strategies and the current and future state of the industry. Visit http://www.nareit.com/meetings/conf2007/index.cfm for a list of speakers. E-mail mbechard @ nareit.com for your complimentary press credentials.

NAREIT , in partnership with SmartBrief, the leading publisher of executive newsbriefing letters, has launched Real Estate Investment SmartBrief, a new e-mail publication designed to make daily access to key news affecting the REIT and real estate investment industry more efficient. The summaries will contain links to the full stories in the publications where they appear. The publication is free to all registrants. Visit http://www.smartbrief.com/nareit/ to join.

NAREIT MEDIA CONTACTS
Ron Kuykendall
202-739-9425
rkuykendall @ nareit.com

Matt Bechard
202-739-9448
mbechard @ nareit.com

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