IYR News and Press, iShares U.S. Real Estate

2024-07-02 07:45:00 ET Summary REITs are the cheapest in over a decade. But their fundamentals have remained strong for the most part. We highlight two of our top picks to maximize profits in the recovery. Co-produced by Austin Rogers. Real estate investment ...

2024-07-01 14:20:00 ET Summary Every multi-year bull market in U.S. history eventually becomes overheated with above-average inflation. This is followed by a choppy, dramatic slowdown during which inflation unevenly declines while GDP growth decelerates and eventually goes negative. ...

2024-06-30 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets were little changed this week, while long-term benchmark interest rates surged as investors assessed the political and economic fallout from a disastrous debate performance by President Biden. Beneath the political drama, investor...

2024-06-27 09:25:00 ET Summary At the national level, home prices hit another all-time high in April. In late 2022/early 2023, we saw a pullback in home prices following an initial post-COVID surge in 2020 and 2021. Since just before COVID hit in February 2020, home prices are...

2024-06-27 06:22:33 ET Summary To begin with, we are not major fans of ETFs of REITs, since REITs themselves are already asset portfolios and more layering is unnecessary and costly at 0.4% expense ratio. IYR is underperforming because of high costs of capital, and we think high o...

2024-06-26 14:00:00 ET Summary Retail investors should consider REITs in their portfolios for diversification and income streams. Hoya Capital created REIT ETFs in response to subscriber demand for higher yielding products. Navigating the wall of debt and evaluating dividend s...

2024-06-24 10:16:00 ET Summary The economic environment was unchanged last week, as the 10-year rate and the dollar both rose slightly. Large cap growth stocks and commodities continue to lead on the YTD basis with intermediate-term Treasuries flat, while small-cap stocks and REIT...

2024-06-23 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record-highs this week while benchmark interest rates hovered near two-month lows as the "bad news is good news" dynamic persisted. Investors responded favorably to another relatively downbeat slate of economic da...

2024-06-22 12:00:23 ET More on Real Estate Mortgage portability: A solution to the housing market's 'lock-in effect'? REITs said to have reported a surge in capital raising activities in May 8 REITs increase dividend in May, Summit Hotel Properties posts largest hike...

2024-06-21 12:58:13 ET More on Real Estate XLRE: Rally Blocked By Technical And Fundamentals 8 REITs increase dividend in May, Summit Hotel Properties posts largest hike - report REITs reduce NAV discount in May - report Short interest in S&P 500 real est...