A high-level overview of Dow Jones REIT Indx Equity REIT Total Return Index (REIT) stock. Stay up to date on the latest stock price, chart, news, analysis, fundamentals, trading and investment tools. 10/3/2019 · An increase of yield spread above 4% usually indicates that the REIT sector leans closer to less overvalued. The REIT’s dividend per unit rose but the price of the REITs rose more, so the dividend yield should have gone down. What caused this rise is that the government bond yields have came down more, and this is the net effect.