ITB News and Press, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF From 02/20/26

2026-02-20 09:45:00 ET This is precisely what this overpriced and frozen housing market needs. In 2025, construction was started on 1.36 million privately owned housing units, down just a hair from a year ago: 943,000 single-family housing units and 416,000 multifamily housing u...

2026-02-19 18:45:00 ET By Jennifer Nash The National Association of Realtors (NAR) pending home sales index unexpectedly fell in January, dropping -0.8% to 70.9, its lowest level in series history. This was significantly worse than the expected 1.4% growth and marks a -0.4% fall...

2026-02-19 12:13:53 ET More related to Mortgages Mamdani pitches NYC property tax hike to close budget gap Pending home sales unexpectedly fall in January Housing starts, building permits rise in December 2025 Mortgage demand pops as rates decline R...

2026-02-19 06:46:00 ET By Mike Sobolik, Investment Strategist, Direct Real Estate, North America US commercial real estate ((CRE)) got an encouraging signal. Banks have begun to ease underwriting standards for CRE loans for the first time since interest rates started rising ...

2026-02-19 04:52:00 ET We see increasing evidence that the real estate sector may continue to gain strength and create potentially attractive opportunities across public and private markets in 2026. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: ...

2026-02-18 19:05:00 ET By Jennifer Nash ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Housing Starts Up 6.2% In December, Higher Than Expected

2026-02-18 15:17:02 ET Background Hovnanian Enterprises ( HOV ), which is involved in the business of residential homebuilding across 13 states in the US (segregated into broad territories such as Northeast America, Southeast America, and Western America), hasn’t been...

2026-02-17 23:50:00 ET By Jennifer Nash Builder confidence edged lower for a second straight month in February as persistent affordability challenges continue to dampen builder sentiment. The National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ) Housing Market Index ( HMI ) dro...

2026-02-17 10:11:02 ET Real Estate Weekly Outlook U.S. equity markets slumped this past week, while Treasury yields pulled back sharply, as a confluence of cooling macro data and mixed corporate earnings results reinforced the value rotation and revived expectations of easing mo...

2026-02-13 05:25:00 ET ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: U.S. Housing Inflation: Stubbornly High To Stubbornly Low