IYR News and Press, iShares U.S. Real Estate From 06/10/24

2024-06-10 09:00:00 ET Summary REITweek, the annual REIT industry conference, was held last week in New York City. Humbled by two years of rate-driven headwinds, the venue halls were as quiet as any REITweek. Excitement was muted after numerous "false starts" on the long-awaited F...

2024-06-09 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets posted mixed performance as investors parsed a perplexing slate of employment data, showing clear signs of cooling across essentially all metrics except for the "headline" payrolls print. The BLS reported that the U.S. economy add...

2024-06-07 09:00:00 ET Summary Construction of single-family homes is recovering, but multi-family buildings are falling. The economic drivers of housing supply and demand indicate continued softness in the second half of 2024, but 2025 looks a little better. Housing demand de...

2024-06-07 03:05:00 ET Summary In May, most asset classes rebounded after April’s pullback. U.S. stocks led the way, with the S&P 500 gaining an impressive +5.06% as corporate earnings showed resilience. Year-to-date, most asset classes are in positive territory, wi...

2024-06-06 10:48:04 ET More on REITs: UMH Properties logs highest increase in Q1 same-store NOI among equity REITs Q1 earnings hold steady for equity REITs on a quarterly as well as yearly basis REITs said to have returned more capital to investors in Q1 Apar...

2024-06-06 07:30:00 ET Summary The initial estimate of the median sale price for a new home in April 2024 is $433,500. With an estimated median household income of $77,760, the monthly mortgage payment for a new home would consume 44.5% of the income earned by a typical American h...

2024-06-06 05:59:00 ET Summary The over-7% mortgage rates seem to have become a fixture in the housing market. Mortgage applications to purchase a home dropped further in the latest reporting week. Volume of pending sales in April, an indicator of closed sales in May and later...

2024-06-05 08:30:00 ET Summary The month of May continued the bull market trajectory which started back in October 2022 and has now produced positive returns for 4 out of the first 5 months of 2024. This came with enhanced volatility. There are current headwinds, including softeni...

2024-06-05 05:10:00 ET Summary High vacancies, increasing taxes and utilities and heavy debt loads are causing some property owners to simply walk away from significant buildings. Pfizer rose to $61 in December 2020 shortly after its vaccine came to market; it now looks decidedly ...

2024-06-03 10:05:00 ET Summary Last week was a volatile one for markets, with big swings in stocks and bonds in a holiday-shortened week. Interest rates shot up 18 basis points on Tuesday and Wednesday and while that didn’t change any trends, it is a pretty big move for a c...