iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF
$17.27−0.11 (−0.63%)
- 0.48%
- $457M
- −12.1%
- 11.40%
- 0.7M sh
- $17.47
- low $17.13high $24.05
The ETF.net REM Grade
B
Score 61 out of 100
- 3 of 6
Score 61 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 100Rank 3 of 6Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A98 out of 100Rank 1 of 5Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D34 out of 100Rank 4 of 6Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B69 out of 100Rank 1 of 6Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.F15 out of 100Rank 6 of 6Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A80 out of 100Rank 1 of 6
Our read on REM
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.
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
- Other
- 34
- 92%
- Cash Collateral USD Mlpft
Sectors
- Mortgage Reits100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
REM Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
REM$8,787
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.
| Period | REM |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −17.2% |
| 1 month | −14.3% |
| 3 months | −19.6% |
| 1 year | −12.1% |
| 3 years | +2.0% |
| 5 years | −5.9% |
| 10 years | +0.5% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | REM |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −17.2% | |
| 2025 | +13.4% | |
| 2024 | −0.9% | |
| 2023 | +14.5% | |
| 2022 | −27.4% | |
| 2021 | +16.2% | |
| 2020 | −20.7% |
REM in the news
REM Dividends
- 11.40%
- $1.98
- $0.51 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
REM Risk
- 19.2%
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.
- −0.02
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.
- −43.2%
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.
- 1.35
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
REM Cost
0.48%
REM0.48%
- The middle half of Real Estate Sector funds
- Median 0.53%
2 of the 6 Real Estate Sector funds charge less.
Other funds in Real Estate Sector
- BMORTVanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETFExpense ratio 0.43%1 year return −12.9%
- BNURENuveen Short-Term REITExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +12.0%
- BSRETGlobal X - SuperDividend REIT ETFExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +0.3%
- DCLIMClimate Global-Climate Resilient REIT Index ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return —
- DDVDNKingsbarn Dividend Opportunity ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return −27.2%