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REIT Rankings: Timber REITs In our REIT Rankings series, we introduce and update readers to each of the commercial and residential real estate sectors. We rank REITs within the sectors based on both common and unique valuation metrics, presenting investors with numerous options that fit ...

It was supposed to be the Chinese government that was going to rescue the global economy. Once the rationalizations ended and officials around the world realized there was serious economic weakness building at the end of 2018 instead of a globally synchronized inflationary recovery, the green ...

Following up our analysis of the market for existing homes in the U.S., preliminary and revised data suggests that falling mortgage rates have coincided with a reversal in the late-2018, early-2019 decline in new home sales. The following chart tracking the trailing-twelve-month average of...

Since peaking in late November 2018, mortgage rates in the United States have fallen sharply, dropping by more than a percentage point from a peak of an average of 4.87% to 3.83% in June 2019. For existing home sales, the falling interest rates have roughly coincided with a rebound in the ...

Housing Starts Housing starts rose in May to an annual rate of 1.269 million, which was better than expected, with upward revisions to the prior two months that totaled 77,000. The strength is in multi-family units, which were up 13.7% year over year. Single-family home building starts wer...

After consistent declines in the late spring, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 3.84% for the week ending June 20, 2019, up 2 basis points from 3.82% in the previous week, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leverage...

By Robert Hughes Housing construction activity was mixed in May as starts fell by 0.9 percent while permits for future construction rose 0.3 percent. Total housing starts dropped to a 1.269 million annual rate from a 1.281 million pace in April. The dominant single-family segment, which ac...

All asset "wealth" in credit-asset bubble dependent economies is contingent and ephemeral. A funny thing happens to "wealth" in a bubble economy: it only remains "wealth" if the owner sells at the top of the bubble and invests the proceeds in an asset which isn't losing purchasing power....

Real Estate Weekly Review Following the worst May for the major equity indexes since the recession, the first two weeks of June have been far more gratifying. After surging more than 4% last week, the S&P 500 ( SPY ) and Nasdaq ( QQQ ) added to their gains this week and record highs are ...

30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.82% for the week ending June 13, 2019, unchanged from the previous week, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF, SPDR Ho...