Real estate
A REIT is a publicly traded real-estate company that typically must distribute at least 90% of its profits as dividends.
REITs (real estate investment trusts) are publicly traded companies that own and manage real estate. In most countries they are required to distribute at least 90% of their profits as dividends.
Their advantages include a low entry barrier, high liquidity, professional management, and above-average dividend yields (typically 3–6%). REITs give access to property segments (such as data centres or logistics) that retail investors can rarely reach directly.
In Germany there are only a few genuine REITs (for example alstria office REIT). Internationally, REITs are widespread and accessible through real-estate ETFs.
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