USRT News and Press, iShares Core U.S. REIT From 04/25/23

2023-04-25 02:45:00 ET Summary Is the real estate market on the verge of another major downturn? The answer is it’s different. In the United States, commercial real estate vacancy rates have increased from 12.5% at the beginning of 2019 to over 20% in the second quarter of ...

2023-04-23 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets finished mixed this week as investors weighed a solid start to earnings season against a mixed slate of economic data and a drumbeat of hawkish Fed commentary. Real estate equities were among the leaders this week, buoyed by signs...

2023-04-22 12:00:00 ET REIT returns outweighed returns from other major indices this week, and the sector is expected to outperform private real estate and broader equities in 2023. U.S. stocks could not impress this weak as earnings from major names failed to spark momentum an...

2023-04-20 14:07:00 ET Summary Our entire financial system revolves around credit. This includes the ability to access credit for new loans, and more importantly, the refinancing of existing loans. At the center of any credit contraction are the banks, for it is they who are the p...

2023-04-20 10:00:00 ET Summary A success story of the "Modern REIT Era," Casino REITs have been the best-performing property sector since their emergence in the mid-2010s, honing the competitive advantages of the public REIT model. Casino REITs were the lone property sector to fin...

2023-04-19 12:30:00 ET Summary Underbuilding has been a common theme of the housing optimists, who think that we have not been building enough. For the nation as a whole, there does seem to have been some underbuilding, but not too much, in the era before the pandemic. Houses ...

2023-04-19 06:10:01 ET Summary The next recession was supposed to be different for commercial real estate (“CRE”) – less painful, less focused on CRE. But recent events are challenging that view. The problem this time is not operating fundamentals, which remai...

2023-04-18 03:35:00 ET Summary Why workers in North America are falling behind the 'back to the office' drive. Commercial real estate has challenges but also opportunities for investors. The importance of a diversified portfolio when holding real estate. The ...

2023-04-18 00:30:00 ET Summary Homebuilder sentiment from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) was updated yesterday morning. Homebuilder sentiment’s improvement over the past four months marks the longest streak of monthly increases since another streak lasting...

2023-04-17 11:48:47 ET Summary The REIT sector fell again in March with a -6.11% total return. Large cap (-1.99%) and mid cap (-4.56%) REITs saw modestly negative total returns in March, while small caps (-6.76%) and micro caps (-15.50%) were deeper in the red. Only 21.25% of ...