Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-FIN-000308",
  "term": "Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)",
  "field": "Finance and investing",
  "definition": "Real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) allow individuals to invest in large-scale, income-producing real estate. A REIT is a company that owns and typically operates income-producing real estate or related assets. These may include office buildings, shopping malls, apartments, hotels, resorts, self-storage facilities, warehouses, and mortgages or loans. Unlike other real estate companies, a REIT does not develop real estate properties to resell them. Instead, a REIT buys and develops properties primarily to operate them as part of its own investment portfolio.\n\nAdditional Information\n\nReal Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)\n\nInvestor Bulletin: Publicly Traded REITs\n\nInvestor Bulletin: Non-Traded REITs",
  "references": [
    "SEC Investor.gov Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/finance/real-estate-investment-trust-reit/"
}