USRT News and Press, iShares Core U.S. REIT From 08/19/23

2023-08-19 12:00:12 ET REITs declined in the week ended Aug. 18 as rate hike concerns weighed on sentiments. All voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee voted to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points at the July 25-26 meeting, according to the minutes of the FOMC's Ju...

2023-08-18 23:45:00 ET Summary Activity in residential real estate has stagnated, but prices are holding up better than expected due to low inventories and a lack of forced sellers. Commercial real estate, on the other hand, looks to be in a very different situation with excess in...

2023-08-18 03:40:00 ET Summary NAREIT has developed a financial metric called Funds From Operations, or FFO, that investors in REITs can use to better evaluate their financial performance. Dividend income plays a big role in why investors would seek to own stocks in REITs. Wha...

2023-08-17 01:25:00 ET Summary The latest reads on Housing Starts and Building Permits for the month of June were released on August 16th and showed mixed results relative to expectations. For both starts and permits, single-family was stronger than multi on both an m/m and y/y ba...

2023-08-16 23:29:00 ET Summary Today's Mortgage Bankers Association data shows the average 30Y fixed rate mortgage agreed last week came in at 7.16%, matching the high hit on 21 October last year. The average mortgage taken out for a purchase last week was $417,200, which at 7.16%...

2023-08-16 02:00:00 ET Summary CMBS loan defaults are rising - what lies ahead for near-term loan performance? Commercial real estate has been an area of intense focus for investors, with concerns that macroeconomic uncertainty, tighter financial conditions and work-from-home coul...

2023-08-16 00:30:00 ET Summary As the national average for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage eclipsed 7.5% recently, homebuilder sentiment has turned lower. The Housing Market Index from the NAHB fell to 50 in August from 56 the previous month. That six point drop month over month...

2023-08-14 23:12:35 ET Summary I hold a significant allocation towards quality REITs. In this article, I share my bullish thesis for investing in the sector. I also highlight catalysts that could take quality REITs to new all-time highs in as little as 12 months. Dear re...

2023-08-13 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets slumped for a second-straight week while long-term benchmark interest rates pushed higher after inflation data showed some firming in price pressures amid a rebound in energy prices. Following declines of more than 2% last week, t...

2023-08-12 12:00:00 ET REITs increased this week given the solid quarterly results, even though major indices declined on the back of higher inflation and jobless claims data. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% in July, with inflation from shelter accounting for over 90% of the infl...