WPS News and Press, iShares International Developed Property From 07/13/23

2023-07-13 00:52:00 ET Summary The bond market offers potential for equity-like returns with less volatility and downside risk compared to the stock market, making it valuable for building resilient portfolios. We expect to see policy tightening and bank challenges begin to impact...

2023-07-11 14:57:00 ET Summary Rising rates show resilience in the economy, which is benefiting real estate. Office real estate still facing challenges. Retail and industrial are bright spots. With central banks expected to hike rates further, how are the var...

2023-07-04 06:32:00 ET Summary The amount spent on building manufacturing plants in May in the US jumped by 73% from a year ago, and by 147% from May 2021, to $15.7 billion, according to Census Bureau data today. Nonresidential construction spending overall in May rose 17% year-ov...

2023-07-02 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets closed-out a volatile first-half at their highest-levels of the year as investors cheered data showing continued resilience in economic activity alongside further signs of cooling inflationary pressure. Rebounding from its worst w...

2023-07-01 05:50:00 ET Summary Mezzanine conduit CMBS are trading at levels well wide of historical relationships to investment grade and high yield corporates, reflecting concerns about higher expected defaults and loan extension risk. The challenges facing office properties are ...

2023-07-01 02:15:00 ET Summary Most commercial real estate construction in the U.S. is showing signs of slowing as elevated interest rates continue to put the clamps on available capital. However, manufacturing facilities construction is a notable exception - with spending levels ...

2023-06-30 10:30:00 ET Summary To the surprise of countless pundits, the U.S. housing industry has quietly started to emerge from its year-long recession, thawing from a deep freeze induced by historically aggressive monetary tightening. Rebounding from punishing declines of nearl...

2023-06-28 21:30:00 ET Summary Based on its historical growth and income characteristics, commercial real estate (private real estate) represents a significant allocation for many institutions and family offices. According to the 2022 Institutional Real Estate Monitor, real estate...

2023-06-27 10:00:00 ET Summary Recovering from a sharp sell-off in the wake of the Silicon Valley and First Republic Bank collapses, Mortgage REITs have rebounded as turmoil across interest rate markets has calmed. Distress in the commercial and residential real estate markets has...

2023-06-25 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets posted their worst week since March after central bank officials in the U.S. and globally warned that further monetary tightening is necessary to contain inflation. Snapping a five-week winning streak that had sent the benchmark t...