NAREIT represents a large and diverse industry including Equity REITs, which own commercial properties, Mortgage REITs, which invest in mortgage securities, REITs traded on major stock exchanges, public non-listed REITs and private REITs. U.S. REITs collectively own nearly $3 trillion of real estate assets and, by making investments in commercial real estate available in the form of stock, NABERS’ approximately 300 REIT members enable all investors – importantly, small investors – to achieve what, once, only large institutions and the wealthy could.