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With the exception of broadly defined commodities and US and foreign property shares, global markets posted solid gains last year. US stocks were the top 2020 performers, with the Russell 3000 Index surging 20.9% last year. US REITs saw the deepest loss for the major asset classes...

Canadian home sales dipped 0.7% MoM in Oct, still marked a record level for activity. Decline in average home prices driven lower prices in B.C. and Ontario. Possibility of more widespread lockdowns could add further downward pressure to home sales. For further details see: ...

U.S. equity markets delivered a mixed week as optimism about forthcoming coronavirus vaccines and stellar housing market data was negated by mounting concerns over cascading coronavirus-induced economic shutdowns. While the large-cap indexes posted declines on the week, small-cap...

Almost every asset is liquid in a bull market. Only the highest quality assets are liquid in a bear market. For many classes of real estate in this Covid-19 environment, particularly offices and retail, cash flow is depressed, and some can't pay their debt obligations. Given that ...

The next time you hear someone in the media saying the housing market will never go down again because of an “inventory shortage,” it may be worth questioning their view. It is crucial to understand the data’s calculation to derive its real meaning. The proble...

We talk to Mike Comparato, managing director and Head of Real Estate at Benefit Street Partners. How potential outcomes of the US presidential and congressional races could have tax and economic consequences that affect commercial real estate. He also explains why he thinks multif...

Based on the latest sales data reported by the U.S. Census Bureau, the preliminary nominal estimate of the market capitalization for new homes was $30.6 billion in August 2020. Perhaps more remarkably, the median sale price of new homes sold in the U.S. fell to an initial estimate of ...

By Edward D. Perks, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions, and Gene Podkaminer, CFA, Head of Multi-Asset Research Strategies, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions Ed Perks and Gene Podkaminer of Franklin Templeton's Multi-Asset Solutions team discuss ...

The trend for the relative affordability of new homes sold in the U.S. has flattened out since the end of 2019. Measured as the ratio of the trailing twelve-month averages of monthly median new home sale prices and median household income, the median sale price of new homes sold in the U.S. ...

During week 29 (July 13-17), U.S. equity REITs managed to register positive returns, but once again failed to outperform the S&P 500. The broader Vanguard Real Estate ETF ( VNQ ) index increased in value by 0.7% while the S&P 500 ETF ( SPY ) gained 1.3%. Source: Verizon Media (compi...