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iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF

REMCboeiSharesB

$17.37+0.17 (+0.96%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

B64/ 100

Rank 2 of 6 in Real Estate Sector

B64/100Rank 2 of 6inReal Estate Sector
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 17.20 to 17.37. Range 17.20 to 17.43. Use the arrow keys to read each point.17.2517.3017.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.48%
Fund size
$451M
1Y total return
−13.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
11.52%
Holdings
33
Avg volume · 30D
871K sh
52W range
low $16.66high $24.05
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net REM Grade

B

Score 64 out of 100

Category
Real Estate Sector⁠
Rank
2 of 6
Six-pillar profile for REM. Scores out of 100: Cost 54, Risk 33, Mission 98, Tradability 73, Holdings 36, Durability 80. Strongest: Mission (98). Weakest: Risk (33). Leans toward Mission.

Score 64 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    C54 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 6

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A98 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 5

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    D33 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 6

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A73 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 6

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D36 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 6

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A80 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 6

Our read on REM

ETF.net Research

In short

BMost real estate ETFs buy the landlords. REM buys the lenders: a few dozen US mortgage REITs that hold residential and commercial mortgage debt, packaged in one index-tracking ticker since 2007.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track an index of U.S. REITs that hold residential and commercial mortgages.

Why people hold it

  • A genuinely different engine from the sector's giants: it tracks REITs that hold mortgages, not the equity-REIT landlords inside VNQ, SCHH or XLRE.
  • Trading since 2007, so it has run through the housing crash and every rate cycle since on the same rules-based FTSE Nareit mortgage index.
  • One ticker instead of hand-picking individual mortgage lenders, from the iShares shelf, moderately traded, with distributions paid quarterly.

Worth knowing

  • At 0.48% a year it costs more than the typical real estate ETF (median 0.37%) and multiples of broad REIT funds like SCHH at 0.07% or VNQ at 0.13%.
  • Concentrated by design: a few dozen names in one niche, so the largest mortgage lenders carry a big share of the fund.
  • Not a stand-in for broad property exposure. It holds the mortgage side of real estate, so it moves with credit and rate conditions more than with rents.

REM Holdings

Holdings pillarD36 out of 100Rank 6 of 6 in Real Estate Sector
Asset class
Other
Holdings
33
Top-10 weight
76%
Largest holding
NLY22.8%

Sectors

  • Real Estate100.0%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 3.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1NLYAnnaly Capital Management Reit22.80%5,627,485$103M161
2AGNCAgnc Investment Reit15.94%8,288,150$71.7M129
3STWDStarwood Property Trust Reit Inc6.76%2,493,414$30.4M117
4RITMRithm Capital5.27%2,546,883$23.7M113
5EFCEllington Financial4.80%1,890,643$21.6M83
6DXDynex Capital Reit4.71%1,990,125$21.2M68
7BXMTBlackstone Mortgage Trust Reit Cla4.42%1,807,930$19.9M90
8ARRArmour Residential Reit4.35%1,570,190$19.5M85
9LADRLadder Capital Corp Class A3.54%1,737,775$15.9M67
10ORCOrchid Island Capital Inc3.33%3,120,518$15M56
11CIMChimera Investment2.36%1,278,142$10.6M56
12MFAMfa Financial2.29%1,550,006$10.3M62
13PMTPennymac Mortgage Investment Trust2.23%1,342,788$10M85
14ADAMAdamas1.88%1,294,849$8.47M67
15IVRInvesco Mortgage Capital Reit Inc1.88%1,591,005$8.45M48

Showing 1–15 of 33 holdings

REM Performance

Launched May 1, 2007

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

REM$8,629
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. REM $8,629. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,000$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for REM. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodREM
Year to date−18.0%
1 month−5.5%
3 months−18.0%
1 year−13.7%
3 yearsper year+4.5%
5 yearsper year−6.2%
10 yearsper year+0.1%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for REM
YearReturn barREM
2026 YTD−18.0%
2025+13.4%
2024−0.9%
2023+14.5%
2022−27.4%
2021+16.2%
2020−20.7%

REM in the news

REM Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
11.52%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.98Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.51 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 24, 2017 $1.06; Jun 27, 2017 $0.95; Sep 26, 2017 $1.06; Dec 19, 2017 $1.44; Mar 22, 2018 $0.89; Jun 26, 2018 $1.05; Sep 26, 2018 $1.02; Dec 17, 2018 $1.02; Mar 20, 2019 $0.71; Jun 17, 2019 $1.06; Sep 24, 2019 $0.93; Dec 16, 2019 $0.93; Mar 25, 2020 $0.83; Jun 15, 2020 $0.58; Sep 23, 2020 $0.52; Dec 14, 2020 $0.53; Mar 25, 2021 $0.59; Jun 10, 2021 $0.59; Sep 24, 2021 $0.20; Dec 13, 2021 $1.14; Mar 24, 2022 $0.15; Jun 9, 2022 $0.65; Sep 26, 2022 $0.68; Dec 13, 2022 $1.04; Mar 23, 2023 $0.15; Jun 7, 2023 $0.55; Sep 26, 2023 $0.56; Dec 20, 2023 $0.97; Mar 21, 2024 $0.12; Jun 11, 2024 $0.52; Sep 25, 2024 $0.54; Dec 17, 2024 $0.87; Mar 18, 2025 $0.11; Jun 16, 2025 $0.54; Sep 16, 2025 $0.46; Dec 16, 2025 $0.81; Mar 17, 2026 $0.16; Jun 15, 2026 $0.50; Sep 15, 2026 $0.51. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 15, 2026Sep 18, 2026$0.51
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$0.50
Mar 17, 2026Mar 20, 2026$0.16
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$0.81
Sep 16, 2025Sep 19, 2025$0.46
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.54
Mar 18, 2025Mar 21, 2025$0.11
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$0.87
Sep 25, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.54
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.52
Mar 21, 2024Mar 27, 2024$0.12
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$0.97

See all 79 payments⁠

$10,000 in REM 10 years ago paid $6,680 in dividends.⁠

REM Risk

Risk pillarD33 out of 100Rank 4 of 6 in Real Estate Sector
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
18.3%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.09
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−43.2%
Trough Oct 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.35
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

REM Cost

Compare REM and NURE

Overpaying vs NURE, cheapest in Real Estate Sector

$2,285

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • REM 0.48%

    $9,605

  • NURE 0.36% Cheapest

    $7,320

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • REM 0.48%
  • NURE 0.36%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K$10K051015202530REM $9,605NURE $7,320

Year by year

YearREMNUREOverpaying
10$865$652$213
20$3,328$2,522$806
30$9,605$7,320$2,285

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