EWRE News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate From 03/31/23

2023-03-31 02:30:00 ET Summary Given the atypical nature of this economic cycle, we expect the eventual constraints on employment from tighter financial conditions to be even further delayed. The uncertain timing around the impact on employment has been compounded by an extremely ...

2023-03-30 02:30:00 ET Summary If homeowners want to sell their home and buy a bigger or a smaller home, or a home in a different location, they would have to change from a 3% mortgage to a 6.5% mortgage. So they’re not selling, and they’re not buying - they’v...

2023-03-29 13:25:00 ET Summary The economy continued to grow in March, with inflation still unacceptably high, and the Federal Reserve tightening further. A solid job market is the most important factor for consumer spending. Despite this, February retail sales dipped by 0.4 perce...

2023-03-29 10:40:00 ET Summary The apartment sector remains among the strongest within commercial real estate. Despite an overall pause in sales activity and availability of debt capital affecting all property sectors, investor interest and liquidity has remained strong on a relative ...

2023-03-29 01:53:00 ET Summary The complexity of the U.S. housing market continues to yield headwinds and tailwinds for lumber into 2023. Despite extraordinary prices and demand since the onset of the pandemic, Canadian lumber exports have yet to return to pre-recession levels. ...

2023-03-29 01:49:00 ET Summary The action in the bond market suggests that traders are increasingly betting on a recession and a Federal Reserve easing of rates in the US. When bond yield fell in December 2022, potential home buyers who had been on the fence took the plunge. T...

2023-03-29 00:50:00 ET Summary Home price figures around the country for January were published by S&P CoreLogic on March 28 in the form of the updated Case Shiller indices. For the month of January, the national indices showed home prices down about 0.50% month-over-month (m/...

2023-03-28 15:27:00 ET Summary US consumer confidence improved in March despite concerns about bank failures and what it might mean for deposits. It supports a narrative of near-term spending strength, but higher borrowing costs and reduced access to credit are major headwinds whi...

2023-03-28 13:45:00 ET Summary February 2023 saw the market capitalization of new homes sold in the U.S. rise for the first time in eleven months. The new data indicates positive momentum building in the market, which in turn helps explain why U.S. homebuilders were becoming more ...

2023-03-28 05:00:00 ET Summary The primary reason why China wants a cease-fire in Ukraine is that the G7 has started sanctioning Chinese companies that do business with Russia. The European Union and Canada’s goals of reducing carbon dioxide emissions can have severe conseq...