REET News and Press, iShares Trust Global REIT From 07/16/23

2023-07-16 05:30:00 ET Summary Obviously, AI has supercharged the indexes, for the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ. Small businesses tend to feel the impact of monetary tightening with a lag compared to larger companies. The Fed, although they haven’t come out and said it, t...

2023-07-15 12:00:00 ET REITs gained ahead of the earnings season on the back of estimated solid quarterly results, despite an uptick in inflation expectations. Recent reports were favorable towards the sector, which also pulled up sentiments. M&A activities had picked up in ...

2023-07-11 14:57:00 ET Summary Rising rates show resilience in the economy, which is benefiting real estate. Office real estate still facing challenges. Retail and industrial are bright spots. With central banks expected to hike rates further, how are the var...

2023-07-11 09:45:00 ET Summary The relative affordability of the median new home sold in the U.S. was little changed in May 2023. The net effect of these changes was to increase the amount that a fully-financed mortgage payment for the median new home sold in the U.S. costs. I...

2023-07-07 07:18:31 ET Summary The Federal Reserve has noted a bottoming out in the housing market, with improvements in home sales, builder sentiment, and new construction since the start of the year. Despite a recent moderation in housing services inflation, the Fed has expresse...

2023-07-06 23:23:00 ET Summary The U-3 unemployment rate moved up to 3.7 percent, a historically low figure but a big jump from the prior month’s level (3.4 percent, a figure not bettered since 1953). Housing activity remained mixed over the past month, with the new side of...

2023-07-04 06:32:00 ET Summary The amount spent on building manufacturing plants in May in the US jumped by 73% from a year ago, and by 147% from May 2021, to $15.7 billion, according to Census Bureau data today. Nonresidential construction spending overall in May rose 17% year-ov...

2023-07-02 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets closed-out a volatile first-half at their highest-levels of the year as investors cheered data showing continued resilience in economic activity alongside further signs of cooling inflationary pressure. Rebounding from its worst w...

2023-06-30 20:10:00 ET Summary My focus usually lies with stock indexes, sectors, and commodities, but today, we venture into the real estate market. Real estate is a market that many people don’t fully comprehend. Many are excited by the robust housing market, believing it...

2023-06-30 10:30:00 ET Summary To the surprise of countless pundits, the U.S. housing industry has quietly started to emerge from its year-long recession, thawing from a deep freeze induced by historically aggressive monetary tightening. Rebounding from punishing declines of nearl...