Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for IYR

The closest fund alternative to IYR (REITs) is VNQ (Vanguard Real Estate ETF), with a return correlation of 0.98 over the past year. Among single names in the fund's slice of the market, AVB (AvalonBay Communities) tracks it most closely at 0.65 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

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Fund stand-ins

Funds covering similar ground. Two funds tracking the same index may themselves be 'substantially identical' for wash-sale purposes.

Ticker	Name	Focus	Match	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.98	0.99	0.99	0.99
XLRE	Real Estate Select Sector SPDR	Real Estate Sector	SECTOR	0.98	0.99	0.99	0.98
SCHH	Schwab US REIT ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.98	0.99	0.99	0.98
USRT	iShares Core US REIT ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.97	0.98	0.98	0.98
RWR	SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.95	0.97	0.97	0.97
REZ	iShares Residential & Multisector RE	Residential REITs	SUB-IND	0.89	0.92	0.94	0.94
INDS	Pacer Industrial Real Estate ETF	Industrial REITs	SUB-IND	0.84	0.90	0.91	0.91
SRVR	Pacer Data & Infrastructure RE	Data Center & Tower REITs	SUB-IND	0.54	0.77	0.84	0.84
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	0.27	0.51	0.65	0.72
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.26	0.51	0.65	0.71
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.26	0.51	0.65	0.72
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.04	0.33	0.51	0.56

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Single-name peers

Single names inside the fund's slice of the market.

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
AVB	AvalonBay Communities	Residential REITs	0.65	0.76	0.81	0.83
ADC	Agree Realty	Retail REITs	0.64	0.67	0.68	0.75
AMH	American Homes 4 Rent	Single-Family Residential REITs	0.63	0.67	0.76	0.76
AKR	Acadia Realty Trust	Retail REITs	0.58	0.71	0.74	0.69
BNL	Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.	Industrial REITs	0.56	0.71	0.74	—
BFS	Saul Centers, Inc.	Retail REITs	0.56	0.66	0.68	0.70
AMT	American Tower	Telecom Tower REITs	0.55	0.63	0.71	0.73
APLE	Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.	Hotel & Resort REITs	0.54	0.57	0.59	0.62
AAT	American Assets Trust	Diversified REITs	0.52	0.68	0.69	0.75
ARE	Alexandria Real Estate	Office REITs	0.49	0.64	0.70	0.74
AHR	American Healthcare REIT	Health Care REITs	0.45	0.51	—	—
ADAM	Adamas Trust, Inc.	Mortgage REITs	0.42	0.55	0.58	0.50
ARR	Armour Residential REIT	Mortgage REITs	0.39	0.55	0.56	0.59
AGNT	eXp World Holdings, Inc.	Real Estate Services	0.38	0.44	0.46	0.36

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Method: Pearson correlation of daily closing-price returns, Yahoo Finance data, series aligned by trading day, refreshed weekly. A cell is blank when overlapping history covers less than 60% of its window. Correlation is descriptive, not predictive. Wash-sale treatment depends on facts and circumstances — confirm with a tax professional. Not investment advice.