REITs WORLDWIDE

REITs: Born in the USA, successful worldwide

Real Estate Investment Trusts were introduced for the first time in 1960 in the USA. The purpose was to provide small investors with an efficient method of real estate investment and to develop additional capital sources for the US real estate market. Other world countries soon followed the example of the USA and also introduced the highly successful REITs or REIT-like structures, whereby standards on investment payout or taxation partly differ considerably. Click here to get an overview of the respective REIT market.

Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers