{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a real estate ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 43 stock ETFs in real estate, the most of any sector, counting US and global funds. Updated every trading night.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf#article","headline":"What is a real estate ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 43 stock ETFs in real estate, the most of any sector, counting US and global funds.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a real estate ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is a REIT?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A company that owns income-producing property and pays out most of its income."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is a real estate ETF the same as owning property?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. It owns shares in property firms, which trade like stocks."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Do REIT funds pay more?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Often. See the 12-month yield on each fund page."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a real estate ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a real estate ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 43 stock ETFs in real estate, the most of any sector, counting US and global funds. Updated every trading night.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1886,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a real estate ETF? \n \n What is a real estate ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ places 43 stock ETFs in real estate, the most of any sector, counting US and global funds.\n \n In plain words\n A real estate ETF owns real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other property firms. REITs own offices, homes, warehouses and towers, and must pay out most of their income.\n ETFIQ places 43 funds in this sector, US and global, more than any other. REITs pay high dividends, so these funds often yield more than the market, taxed differently from ordinary dividends. Property prices and interest rates both matter, and mortgage REITs behave differently from building owners, so check the holdings page.\n Questions\n What is a REIT? A company that owns income-producing property and pays out most of its income.\n Is a real estate ETF the same as owning property? No. It owns shares in property firms, which trade like stocks.\n Do REIT funds pay more? Often. See the 12-month yield on each fund page.\n Where to next\n Stocks Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is the 12-month yield of an ETF? What is a sector ETF? What is a dividend ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a real estate ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a real estate ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a real estate ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf Markdown [What is a real estate ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is a real estate ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-real-estate-etf"}