If you have never paid much attention to the REIT market, I would encourage you to look at the numbers. Rida Morwa notes in this article that in “20 years, REITs have literally crushed the returns of every other sector with annual returns exceeding 12.5%.” Deloitte is reporting that “97 percent of our survey respondents plan to increase their capital commitment to [Commercial Real Estate] over the next 18 months.”