Best Real Estate & REIT ETFs
Leading real estate and REIT ETFs ranked by ETF Copilot, refreshed daily.
Updated September 11, 2026
What stands out across Real Estate & REIT ETFs
Expense ratios on this page run from 0.07% to 0.47% a year, a median of 0.30%. SCHH is the cheapest of the 5 shown.
Dividend yields range from 1.07% to 3.71%, with a median of 3.32% across the 5 funds that pay one. SCHH yields the most.
Across the 5 funds shown, ETF Copilot's overall scores run from 3.5 to 5.1 out of 10, with a median of 4.2.
Concentration varies widely here: the ten largest holdings account for 32% of assets in the least concentrated fund and 62% in the most, a median of 36% across the list.
1 of 4 are more concentrated than the typical fund in their own category, on ETF Copilot's concentration measure.
The typical Real Estate & REIT fund on this page behaves like 45 equally weighted positions once holding weights are taken into account.
As of September 11, 2026, the largest fund on ETF Copilot's Best Real Estate & REIT ETFs list by assets is Global X - U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE).
What are the Best Real Estate & REIT ETFs? The 5 on this list
| # | Fund | ETF Copilot score | Expense ratio | Yield | Assets | Top 10 weight | Largest exposures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Global X - U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE) | 4.2/10 | 0.47% | 1.07% | $13.8B | 32% | Tech 4% |
| 2 | Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (SCHH) | 3.5/10 | 0.07% | 3.71% | $11.1B | ||
| 3 | iShares Global Infrastructure ETF (IGF) | 5.1/10 | 0.37% | 3.52% | $10.5B | 39% | |
| 4 | State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) | 4.0/10 | 0.08% | 3.32% | $8.2B | 62% | |
| 5 | iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA) | 4.2/10 | 0.30% | 1.92% | $4.2B | 33% | Tech 1% |
ETF Copilot's 0–10 score rates a fund on value, growth, quality and risk against every US equity ETF we track. How the scores are built →
Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.
Which Real Estate & REIT ETFs are compared head to head?
Every published head-to-head between these funds, the most searched first.
- PAVE vs SCHH
- IGF vs PAVE
- IGF vs SCHH
- IGF vs XLRE
- PAVE vs XLRE
- SCHH vs XLRE
- IFRA vs IGF
- IFRA vs PAVE
- IFRA vs SCHH
- IFRA vs XLRE
- IFRA vs NFRA
- IGF vs NFRA
- NFRA vs PAVE
- NFRA vs SCHH
- NFRA vs XLRE
- DTCR vs IFRA
- DTCR vs IGF
- DTCR vs NFRA
- DTCR vs PAVE
- DTCR vs SCHH
- DTCR vs XLRE
- DTCR vs RWR
- IFRA vs RWR
- IGF vs RWR
- NFRA vs RWR
- PAVE vs RWR
- RWR vs SCHH
- RWR vs XLRE
- DTCR vs FREL
- FREL vs IFRA
- FREL vs IGF
- FREL vs NFRA
- FREL vs PAVE
- FREL vs RWR
- FREL vs SCHH
- FREL vs XLRE
- DTCR vs XHB
- FREL vs XHB
- IFRA vs XHB
- IGF vs XHB
- NFRA vs XHB
- PAVE vs XHB
- RWR vs XHB
- SCHH vs XHB
- XHB vs XLRE
Where is money going in Real Estate & Infra?
In the week to September 11, 2026, Real Estate & Infra moved -1.7% and saw +$378M of net fund flow, which ETF Copilot reads as accumulating — money coming in without the price leading.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price, 1 week | -1.7% |
| Net flow, 1 week | +$378M |
| Price, 1 month | -3.1% |
| Net flow, 1 month | +$113M |
Net fund flow is money into or out of the ETFs in this category, computed by ETF Copilot from daily fund assets. All 33 sectors side by side →
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ETF Copilot, “Best Real Estate & REIT ETFs”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/best/real-estate-etfs
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