Real Estate Select Sector SPDR (XLRE)
REITs · US Real Estate · data since 2015-10-08 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+2.22%
7d
+1.17%
30d
+3.24%
YTD
+15.65%
1y
+11.09%
Real Estate Select Sector SPDR (XLRE) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7 | 5.8 | -6.2 | 8.7 | -0.9 | 1.0 | 4.4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 4.2 | -2.4 | -1.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | -2.9 | 1.9 | -2.1 |
| 2024 | -4.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | -8.4 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 3.3 | -3.3 | 4.2 | -8.7 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | -5.9 | -1.5 | 1.0 | -4.5 | 5.6 | 1.3 | -3.1 | -7.2 | -2.9 | 12.5 | 8.8 |
| 2022 | -8.6 | -4.8 | 7.8 | -3.6 | -5.1 | -6.8 | 8.5 | -5.6 | -13.2 | 2.0 | 6.8 | -4.8 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 2.8 | -6.3 | 7.6 | -0.9 | 10.3 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | -6.2 | -15.1 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 4.2 | -0.0 | -2.1 | -3.2 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 10.7 | 1.1 | 5.0 | -0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 1.0 | -0.0 | -1.7 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | -1.9 | -6.8 | 3.8 | -0.6 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | -2.6 | -1.6 | 5.5 | -7.3 |
| 2017 | -0.1 | 4.7 | -1.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | -1.4 | 0.8 | 2.9 | -0.4 |
| 2016 | -6.4 | 0.5 | 10.7 | -2.4 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 3.2 | -3.7 | -1.3 | -5.5 | -3.0 | 4.3 |
| 2015 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2.5 | -0.7 | 2.5 |
| Avg | 0.5 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 0.6 | -2.9 | -0.6 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.5% | -0.3% | +0.9% | +1.0% | +0.4% | +1.8% | +3.3% | +0.7% | -3.0% | -0.6% | +3.1% | +0.5% |
| Win rate | 55%/11 | 64%/11 | 55%/11 | 45%/11 | 73%/11 | 91%/11 | 90%/10 | 60%/10 | 30%/10 | 36%/11 | 64%/11 | 55%/11 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-38.8%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±4.9%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
60%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+12.48%
2023-11
Worst month
-15.11%
2020-03
Longest streaks
10▲ / 4▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Real Estate Select Sector SPDR
Real Estate Select Sector SPDR collects rent at scale, which remains an excellent business — with price receipts on this site going back to 2015. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2015) would be about $206 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2023 at +12.48%; its worst, March 2020 at -15.11%.
- It has closed June in the green 10 out of 11 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.