RIF News and Press, RMR Mortgage Trust Com From 06/14/20

By Luke An Lu, Director, Yield Book Mortgage Research As the COVID-19 pandemic began roiling US markets in March, few areas were hit harder or more swiftly than the commercial real estate ((CRE)) and CMBS markets. At the end of March, we published research demonstrating an already profou...

Many restaurants will not survive the lockdown phase of the coronavirus pandemic. The Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes chain has shut down for good. Some restaurants will try to reopen but not last very long. Other small businesses, such as gyms and yoga studios, will permanently close as well. A...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook Reopening Revival? U.S. equity markets added to their reopening rally this week, ending May with gains of roughly 4% following a robust rally in April, which was the best month for stock indexes since 1987. Driving the gains over the last two months has been earl...

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By Janaki Rao and Monika Carlson As fixed-income markets have started to recover following the massive selloff and liquidity crunch in March, credit risk-transfer securities (CRTs)―agency mortgage securities not guaranteed by Fannie Mae (FNMFM) and Freddie Mac (FMCC)―...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook U.S. equity markets surged this week, buoyed by news of positive clinical trial results from Moderna ( MRNA ) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals ( INO ) and on renewed hopes of a V-shaped economic recovery as most states and countries around the world have begun the ...

RMR Real Estate Income Fund (NYSE American: RIF) today announced the results of its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which was held earlier today as follows: John L. Harrington was re-elected as an Independent Trustee. The final tabulation of the percentage of shareholders’ ...

REIT Rankings: Office ( Hoya Capital , Co-produced with Brad Thomas through iREIT on Alpha) Office REIT Sector Overview Considered one of the four "major" real estate sectors, office REITs comprise roughly 10% of the broad-based "Core" REIT ETFs but are the largest REIT sector ...

Housing prices will hold fairly steady through the end of 2020, though the number of closed sales will decline moderately. Some market participants will pause to reassess their interest in buying or selling. The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken us all up, and some people will want time to reasse...

By Robert Hughes Housing construction activity sank in April as starts fell by 30.2 percent, while new permits dropped 20.8 percent. Total housing starts dropped to 891,000 at an annual rate from a 1.276 million pace in March, the slowest pace since February 2015. The dominant single-famil...