BREFX — Baron Real Estate Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-22
BREFX — Baron Real Estate Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Real Estate · $2.16B AUM · 1.32% expense ratio · 6.4% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
BREFX Fund Overview
BREFX — Baron Real Estate Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Baron Select Funds, categorised as United States Real Estate. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Baron Select Funds
- Category: United States Real Estate
- Assets under management: $2.16B
- 1-year return: 6.4%
- Ticker: BREFX
- SEC CIK: 0001217673
- SEC series ID: S000027257
- Share class ID: C000082256
BREFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Baron Real Estate Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Welltower Inc | 7.04% |
| Equinix Inc | 6.77% |
| Prologis Inc | 4.73% |
| Toll Brothers Inc | 4.03% |
| Brookfield Corp | 3.99% |
| Jones Lang LaSalle Inc | 3.35% |
| CBRE Group Inc | 3.32% |
| Wynn Resorts Ltd | 3.25% |
| Airbnb Inc | 3.17% |
| SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc | 3.12% |
BREFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Baron Real Estate Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 93.9% |
BREFX Performance
Total returns for BREFX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -5.5% |
| 1 year | 6.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 9.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.1% |
BREFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for BREFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.9%
BREFX Costs and Fees
BREFX costs about $132 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.32%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.32%
- Portfolio turnover: 70%
- Brokerage commissions: 6.83 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BREFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Baron Real Estate Fund had net inflows of $39.30M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$38.98M |
| 2026-02 | −$6.79M |
| 2026-01 | $1.73M |
| 2025-12 | $32.74M |
| 2025-11 | −$5.77M |
| 2025-10 | $10.87M |
BREFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Baron Real Estate Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BREFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Baron Real Estate Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.