XHB News and Press, SPDR Series Trust Homebuilders From 09/28/23

2023-09-28 08:10:00 ET Summary The trend for the market capitalization of the U.S. new home market continued to benefit from the "golden handcuffs" problem afflicting the owners of existing homes in August 2023. New home sales trend still rising. December 2022 saw the first up...

2023-09-26 20:10:00 ET Summary Cut the price, and they will not come? Homebuilders, in a tough market, compete with homeowners who are still delusional. Homebuilders are trying all kinds of stuff to get sales going in this environment of 7%-plus mortgage rates. The median pric...

2023-09-26 01:55:00 ET Summary In the U.S., the 525 basis point increase in the Fed Funds rate over the last 19 months has resulted in a 30-year mortgage rate rising to a 23-year high of 7.31% according to LSEG Datastream. The U.K. is not far behind, having raised rates by 500 bas...

2023-09-25 22:01:00 ET Summary Mortgage rates are at a two-decade high with the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage climbing above 7%. A major difference between today and the period leading up to the global financial crisis is vacancy rates. Today, only 6.4% of rental propert...

2023-09-25 21:35:00 ET Summary The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement seemed dovish, at first, but then the FOMC signaled that one more Fed rate hike was not only possible, but likely. Crude oil prices have risen 30% since June, as fears of further supply shortages per...

2023-09-25 12:49:55 ET Summary The market suffered through its worse weekly performance since this March, and both the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 fell over 3.5% on the week. Interest rates continued to rise with the 10-Year Treasury yield touching its highest level since 2007 and mor...

2023-09-24 07:32:43 ET Summary Home prices have risen over the last three years due to a lack of supply. Current homeowners are holding onto their homes and their low mortgage rates. Homebuilders have built a lot of supply but now I worry they have oversupplied the market to t...

2023-09-22 10:00:00 ET Summary For Healthcare REITs - the physical epicenter of the pandemic - the road to recovery has remained inconsistent across its distinct sub-sectors. Senior Housing has emerged as a leader while others regress. For Senior Housing REITs, the long-awaited re...

2023-09-21 23:20:00 ET Summary It's a shame that economic growth has come to be feared rather than welcomed. We've had 2% growth for over a year now, and inflation has plunged. This post focuses on the housing market, which has suffered a triple whammy of soaring home prices, soar...

2023-09-21 22:20:00 ET Summary New listings rose in August, when they normally fall in August, an interesting break in the seasonal pattern. Due to the plunge in July and August 2022, the median price was up 3.9% year-over-year. Sales of previously-owned houses, condos, and co...