USRT News and Press, iShares Core U.S. REIT From 12/04/23

2023-12-04 06:00:00 ET Summary The supply-demand imbalance is likely to continue supporting further home price appreciation and rental inflation. Homeowners are enjoying both strong price gains and home loans financed at negative real rates. The U.S. housing supply-demand imba...

2023-12-03 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets notched a fifth-straight week of gains as benchmark interest rates continued a decisive retreat after economic data and comments from Fed officials fueled bets on a pending pivot. Advancing for a fifth-straight week since dipping ...

2023-11-29 07:45:00 ET Summary Political Calculations' initial estimate of the nominal market capitalization of new homes sold during October 2023 is $29.25 billion. The data for October 2023 is also the first to break what had been a series of consistently rising monthly values f...

2023-11-28 18:50:00 ET Summary The latest S&P CoreLogic Case Shiller home price data for September was released today and showed a 0.3% month-over-month (m/m) increase in home prices at the national level. Fifteen of twenty cities saw prices rise m/m, with Detroit, New York, a...

2023-11-28 15:49:27 ET Summary REITs averaged a -5.31% total return in October and have now fallen to a double-digit negative total return year to date (-10.46%). Large cap REITs (-2.24%) outperformed their smaller peers in October. Micro caps (-11.32%) extended their streak of se...

2023-11-28 11:20:00 ET Summary Banks are retrenching amid liquidity constraints, regulatory scrutiny, and higher cost structures. In the wake of a bank retreat, demand for capital has outstripped supply, reducing competition in many markets and creating new opportunities and a pot...

2023-11-28 02:35:00 ET Summary Homes in 29 states are unaffordable to the median household, marking the first time a majority of states have below-average affordability. In these 29 states - led by Hawaii, California, and the District of Columbia - the median household cannot affo...

2023-11-27 22:10:00 ET Summary The median price of new single-family houses sold in October fell by 3.1% from September, to $409,300, the lowest since August 2021, down by 17.6% from a year ago. Sales of new houses – not seasonally adjusted, and not the annual rate of sales...

2023-11-27 08:05:00 ET Summary Major private equity groups are investing in the REIT sector. They are buying apartment REITs at 60-70 cents on the dollar. So am I and here's why. Recently, I was checking the latest 13F filings of major private equity groups like Blac...

2023-11-27 03:50:00 ET Summary The Chicago Fed Activities Index shows an expected drop in October versus strong September. We are near concerning levels, which would be below -.5. Existing home sales are down again and inventory is up. Many home owners are locked into their home b...