REET News and Press, iShares Trust Global REIT From 11/28/23

2023-11-28 02:35:00 ET Summary Homes in 29 states are unaffordable to the median household, marking the first time a majority of states have below-average affordability. In these 29 states - led by Hawaii, California, and the District of Columbia - the median household cannot affo...

2023-11-27 22:10:00 ET Summary The median price of new single-family houses sold in October fell by 3.1% from September, to $409,300, the lowest since August 2021, down by 17.6% from a year ago. Sales of new houses – not seasonally adjusted, and not the annual rate of sales...

2023-11-27 03:50:00 ET Summary The Chicago Fed Activities Index shows an expected drop in October versus strong September. We are near concerning levels, which would be below -.5. Existing home sales are down again and inventory is up. Many home owners are locked into their home b...

2023-11-22 05:15:00 ET Summary REIT index performance can be a leading indicator for the asset class as a whole. Our latest Asset Allocation recorded a strong quarter for listed real estate, showing signs of long-awaited resurgence. REITs send encouraging signal. A deeper anal...

2023-11-21 21:30:00 ET Summary The national median price of existing homes of all types – single-family houses, condos, and co-ops – whose sales closed in October dropped to $391,800, down by 5.1% from the peak in June 2022. The median price in June 2023, the seasona...

2023-11-18 00:30:00 ET Summary The NAHB's Housing Market Index dropped to 34 in November and is only three points above the low from last December. The month-over-month declines across the report were historically large with the six-point drop in the headline index ranking in the ...

2023-11-15 00:47:14 ET Summary REET offers exposure to both market-leading U.S. and international REITs. An expectation of declining interest rates and a weaker U.S. Dollar should be positive for the market segment. REET is well-positioned to rally going forward. The...

2023-11-13 09:00:00 ET Summary Following the best week of the year, U.S. equity markets were mixed this week as interest rates rebounded from the prior week's plunge after Fed officials pushed back on market optimism. Posting gains in nine out of ten sessions since dipping into "c...

2023-11-10 00:18:00 ET Summary The Fed last hiked rates in July and since then financial and credit conditions have tightened. While concerns about the outlook for demand are a key factor limiting the desire for companies to raise prices further, a more benign cost backdrop has al...

2023-11-07 20:10:00 ET Summary New home prices are trending downward. They're falling, but they are falling very slowly. The average 30-year conventional fixed-rate mortgage now has an interest rate approaching 8%. Mortgage rates have doubled since 2019. The relative affordabi...