REITs
Barring a collapse in real estate prices, REITs are still the best place for high dividend yields
The real reason for the decline in REIT prices is the sell-off by institutional investors. Institutions, particularly mutual funds, are said to be shedding REITs, an action which is the cause and not the effect of REIT price declines. A stock falls in price for one reason — sales of that stock. Institutions get nervous when a stock has had a long run-up and they take their money and run.
Individual investors don’t have to do that. They should buy REITs for their attractive dividend yields, not their price appreciation,