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Mortgage service providers, under a new rule, proposed last week, would be required to delay foreclosures on primary residences until after 2021. This proposed rule would affect all servicing lenders, not just FNMA, FHLB, FHA, and VA mortgages that previously had fallen under the original forb...

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The evidence keeps piling up. Sales of new single-family houses (based on signed contracts) rose 6.9% in June compared to June last year to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales of 776,000 houses, according to the Commerce Department this morning. It was a hair above January's 774,0...

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...

Common Shares Will be Listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange Under the New Ticker “RMRM” Beginning on July 30th RMR Real Estate Income Fund (NYSE American: RIF) today announced that it will change its name to “RMR Mortgage Trust” effective July 30, 2020 at 12...

There is a lot of discussion about the low levels of inventory for sale, as potential sellers have pulled their homes off the market or are not wanting to list their homes at the moment, waiting for the pandemic to blow over, or waiting for more certainty or whatever, or their mortgage is now ...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook U.S. equity markets continued their seemingly unfaltering rally this week as positive vaccine news , stimulus hopes, strong economic data, and solid bank earnings offset concern of reopening reversals. California - along with a handful of southern states - has t...

And this is just for April, the very beginning of the pandemic's impact on housing. OK, it's actually worse. Mortgages that are in forbearance and have not missed a payment before going into forbearance don't count as delinquent. They're reported as "current." And 8.2% of all mortgages in ...

John Murray, PIMCO’s head of commercial real estate for the Americas, explains the stages of distress that are likely to unfold in the sector due to the economic shutdown – and the diverse opportunities that may arise for investors along the way. Copyright PIMCO 2020. A...

REIT Rankings: Healthcare (Hoya Capital Real Estate, Co-Produced with Brad Thomas ) Healthcare Real Estate Sector Overview Healthcare REITs have been ground-zero of the coronavirus pandemic, and no healthcare real estate sub-sector is immune from the significant near-term and lo...