ITB News and Press, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF From 06/20/19

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...

Housing market conclusion: While the data became moderately softer during 2018, the market is healthy. A strong jobs market is supporting consumer demand. Interest rates have dropped since the beginning of the year. The supply situation is far more controlled during this expansion; builders ...

Real Estate Weekly Review Bouncing back from four straight weeks of declines, the major US equity indexes ( SPY ) ( QQQ ) each jumped more than 4% this week as softer-than-expected economic data increased the likelihood of Federal Reserve rate cuts by the end of the year. The seemingly unfla...

What is Real Estate Crowdfunding? Emerging from the relative success of internet-based capital raising platforms including Kickstarter and GoFundMe, a handful of entrepreneurial real estate firms have attempted to channel the “crowdfunding” model into the real estate inves...

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.82% for the week ending June 6, 2019, down 17 basis points from 3.99% in the previous week, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, D.R. Horton, Inc., Lennar Corporation, Finan...

Hopes are running high that potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve will support the auto and housing sectors, two parts of the economy that are sensitive to borrowing costs. The risk, though, is rising that any relief won't come until after these critical leaders of the current ...