SRVR News and Press, Pacer Benchmark Data & Infrastructure Real Estate SCTR From 06/20/24

2024-06-20 09:30:00 ET Summary We are two years past the jump in interest rates in the United States, and non-residential construction has not dropped. The story is one of great stimulus from both government policy and private sector entrepreneurship. U.S. projects will be con...

2024-06-16 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets posted a mixed performance this week, while benchmark interest rates dipped to two-month lows after a critical slate of inflation data showed an encouraging cooldown in price pressures. As expected, the Fed held rates steady at tw...

2024-06-15 06:00:00 ET Summary The housing market remains challenged by high mortgage rates, rising insurance costs, and a lack of inventory due to owners trapped by the 'Golden Handcuff' problem. In the commercial real estate market, the fundamentals are best in retail and worst ...

2024-06-15 00:01:00 ET Summary The relationship between capitalization rates and interest rates is more nuanced than first meets the eye. While nominal interest rates have an impact on real estate values, they do not have the same effect on cap rates as do real interest rates. ...

2024-06-10 09:00:00 ET Summary REITweek, the annual REIT industry conference, was held last week in New York City. Humbled by two years of rate-driven headwinds, the venue halls were as quiet as any REITweek. Excitement was muted after numerous "false starts" on the long-awaited F...

2024-06-09 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets posted mixed performance as investors parsed a perplexing slate of employment data, showing clear signs of cooling across essentially all metrics except for the "headline" payrolls print. The BLS reported that the U.S. economy add...

2024-06-07 09:00:00 ET Summary Construction of single-family homes is recovering, but multi-family buildings are falling. The economic drivers of housing supply and demand indicate continued softness in the second half of 2024, but 2025 looks a little better. Housing demand de...

2024-06-06 10:48:04 ET More on REITs: UMH Properties logs highest increase in Q1 same-store NOI among equity REITs Q1 earnings hold steady for equity REITs on a quarterly as well as yearly basis REITs said to have returned more capital to investors in Q1 Apar...

2024-06-06 07:30:00 ET Summary The initial estimate of the median sale price for a new home in April 2024 is $433,500. With an estimated median household income of $77,760, the monthly mortgage payment for a new home would consume 44.5% of the income earned by a typical American h...

2024-06-06 05:59:00 ET Summary The over-7% mortgage rates seem to have become a fixture in the housing market. Mortgage applications to purchase a home dropped further in the latest reporting week. Volume of pending sales in April, an indicator of closed sales in May and later...