REZ News and Press, iShares Trust Residential Real Estate From 06/26/23

2023-06-26 13:05:00 ET Summary It appears we have started the third correction in stocks since the bottom in October of last year. Homebuilder stocks tend to lead the US housing market index by a few months, and this time was no exception. Currencies tend to move based on chan...

2023-06-26 08:00:00 ET Summary Inflation remains stubbornly high, rate hikes are not over and the long, 40-year downtrend in interest rates is over. The Fed’s rate hikes have impacted housing more than any other sector of the economy, in expected ways and in some unexpected...

2023-06-25 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets posted their worst week since March after central bank officials in the U.S. and globally warned that further monetary tightening is necessary to contain inflation. Snapping a five-week winning streak that had sent the benchmark t...

2023-06-22 17:14:00 ET Summary US existing home sales rose to 4.3 million in May from an upwardly revised April reading of 4.29 million. Sales are still 20.4% lower year-on-year with the median price down 3.1% YoY. The dearth of supply in existing home sales is unlikely to change ...

2023-06-22 12:12:15 ET Long-term mortgage rates continued to fall, but remained above the level a year ago, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Survey. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.67% as of June 22, down from last week when they averaged 6.69% and higher than 5...

2023-06-22 08:56:00 ET Summary In the United States, 30-year mortgage rates play a big role in determining how affordable housing is for American households. As important as they are however, the historical data for mortgage rates is surprisingly lacking. Because housing sales...

2023-06-21 12:18:00 ET Summary We see the best opportunities in originating new loans and purchasing existing loans, adopting a broad approach to debt and targeting stressed assets in turbulent markets. In our view, investors should take advantage of opportunities in private credi...

2023-06-20 22:45:00 ET Summary As inflation begins to moderate, Olga and Hugo examine the structural forces shaping the medium-term outlook in four categories: energy, housing, goods, and services. They uncover dynamics that challenge conventional wisdom about post-COVID shifts in...

2023-06-20 21:35:00 ET Summary Seasonally, May is one of the best month for construction starts of single-family houses and multi-family buildings. Today, the Census Bureau released the May constructions starts, and they were a blowout. The share of single-family housing start...

2023-06-19 22:20:00 ET Summary The Russell 1000 and the S&P 500, the two main broad US large-cap indexes, are both up about 15% this year. But the growth and value versions of these two indexes have produced very different results. The dollar was down last week, presumably on ...