REIT News and Press, Alps Active REIT ETF From 08/20/23

2023-08-20 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets slumped for a third-straight week on concern over the implications of a "higher-for-longer" interest rate environment as resilient economic data provided fresh support for hawkish Fed posturing. Closing below its 50-day moving ave...

2023-08-18 23:45:00 ET Summary Activity in residential real estate has stagnated, but prices are holding up better than expected due to low inventories and a lack of forced sellers. Commercial real estate, on the other hand, looks to be in a very different situation with excess in...

2023-08-18 03:40:00 ET Summary NAREIT has developed a financial metric called Funds From Operations, or FFO, that investors in REITs can use to better evaluate their financial performance. Dividend income plays a big role in why investors would seek to own stocks in REITs. Wha...

2023-08-17 01:25:00 ET Summary The latest reads on Housing Starts and Building Permits for the month of June were released on August 16th and showed mixed results relative to expectations. For both starts and permits, single-family was stronger than multi on both an m/m and y/y ba...

2023-08-16 23:29:00 ET Summary Today's Mortgage Bankers Association data shows the average 30Y fixed rate mortgage agreed last week came in at 7.16%, matching the high hit on 21 October last year. The average mortgage taken out for a purchase last week was $417,200, which at 7.16%...

2023-08-16 00:30:00 ET Summary As the national average for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage eclipsed 7.5% recently, homebuilder sentiment has turned lower. The Housing Market Index from the NAHB fell to 50 in August from 56 the previous month. That six point drop month over month...

2023-08-14 23:12:35 ET Summary I hold a significant allocation towards quality REITs. In this article, I share my bullish thesis for investing in the sector. I also highlight catalysts that could take quality REITs to new all-time highs in as little as 12 months. Dear re...

2023-08-13 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets slumped for a second-straight week while long-term benchmark interest rates pushed higher after inflation data showed some firming in price pressures amid a rebound in energy prices. Following declines of more than 2% last week, t...

2023-08-09 21:30:00 ET Summary Mortgage applications to purchase a home: -40% from 2022 and 2019, 3rd worst week since 1995, behind only two weeks in February. The 7%+ mortgages are doing their magic on the housing market as they keep buyers out of the market, and home sales sagge...

2023-08-08 06:44:00 ET Summary It looks like the overly anticipated intermediate-term stock market correction may have started right on schedule in the seasonally questionable August time period, when trading tends to be thin, and the market is easier to move one way or the other. ...