Real Estate ETF Overview

Real estate ETFs have broad exposure to the real estate market. These ETFs invest in REITs, real estate service firms and real estate development companies.

With 54 ETFs traded on the U.S. markets, Real Estate ETFs have total assets under management of $64.81B. The average expense ratio is 0.47%. Real Estate ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

  • Equity

The largest Real Estate ETF is the Vanguard Real Estate ETF VNQ with $31.05B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Real Estate ETF was DRV at 51.81%. The most recent ETF launched in the Real Estate space was the Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF DFGR on 12/06/22.

Top ETF Performers

DRV Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares 21.31%
SRS ProShares UltraShort Real Estate 15.79%
REK ProShares Short Real Estate 8.21%
VPN Global X Data Center REITs and Digital Infrastructure ETF -0.86%
CHIR Global X MSCI China Real Estate ETF -2.21%

Bottom ETF Performers

DRN Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares -21.41%
KBWY Invesco KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT ETF -15.36%
URE ProShares Ultra Real Estate -15.18%
RIET Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF -12.95%
RDOG ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF -12.08%

Top Creations

USRT iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF 43.78
DFAR Dimensional US Real Estate ETF 36.44
DFGR Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF 35.56
RWO SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF 20.02
EWRE Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF 19.72

Top Redemptions

VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF -241.45
IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF -230.82
JPRE JPMorgan Realty Income ETF -189.68
XLRE Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund -151.04
BBRE JPMorgan BetaBuilders MSCI U.S. REIT ETF -142.29

AUM Winners

REK ProShares Short Real Estate 21.37%
DFGR Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF 14.60%
SRS ProShares UltraShort Real Estate 11.18%
DRV Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares 6.08%
HAUS Residential REIT Income ETF 2.20%

AUM Losers

VPN Global X Data Center REITs and Digital Infrastructure ETF -35.09%
FREL Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF -24.99%
ROOF IQ CBRE NextGen Real Estate ETF -18.03%
EWRE Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF -17.75%
KBWY Invesco KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT ETF -17.55%

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