RIF News and Press, RMR Mortgage Trust Com From 06/27/20

Real Estate Weekly Outlook Not this again. U.S. equity markets pulled back on a volatile week after several states and corporations including Apple ( AAPL ) and Disney ( DIS ) announced plans to reverse progress on some parts of their reopening plans after coronavirus case counts jum...

One of the most important investing struggles is related to buying. A lot of investors will tell you that you don't make money when you sell a stock. You really make your money when you buy. Buying the right asset at the right price and at the right time has been known for years to really be t...

The new home market in the U.S. is showing surprising resiliency during 2020's coronavirus pandemic. The following chart shows the trailing twelve-month average of the market capitalization of the U.S. new homes, where we see that after last peaking at $21.7 billion in December 2020, the mar...

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(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on Sunday, June 14, 2020. We issue similar commentary every Sunday night) Macro Picture Volatility returned this week in a big way with the Dow recording one of its largest point declines ever. The renewed fears of a second wave of coro...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook The "reopening rally" resumed for U.S. equity markets this week as concerns of a "second wave" of the coronavirus pandemic were offset by further evidence of an emerging economic rebound, particularly in the critical U.S. housing sector. The major indexes finishe...

By Robert Hughes Housing activity improved modestly in May as starts and permits posted gains. However, the results were uneven across the major regions. Nevertheless, low mortgage rates and easing lockdown restrictions are giving a boost to homebuilder confidence. Total housing starts r...

REIT Rankings: Net Lease ( Hoya Capital Real Estate , Co-Produced with Brad Thomas ) Net Lease REIT Sector Overview Net Lease REITs have been one of the stronger-performing REIT sectors over the last decade - despite their heavy exposure to retail-based segments - and comprise...

By Robin Marshall, Director of Fixed Income Research, FTSE Russell Pre-COVID-19, the US housing market appeared robust... Before the COVID-19 shock, several factors combined to suggest the US housing market was more robust than in 2008. These factors were (1) greater financial regulation...

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...