ICF News and Press, iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF From 06/28/19

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 ...

REIT Rankings: Net Lease 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 t...

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...

Real Estate Weekly Review Almost six months to the day after US equities entered a bear market in late-December 2018, the major stock indexes jumped to new record highs this week, bouncing more than 25% from those 2018 lows. Powered by an expectation of easing monetary policy and a continuat...

REIT Rankings: Hotels 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 their ...

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....

REIT Performance After achieving gains in the first 4 months of 2019, REITs dipped slightly in May (-0.98%). However, the average REIT still maintains an impressive year-to-date return of 17.22%. REITs weathered the May market selloff much better than the broader market did, as the NASDAQ ...

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 ...