Real Estate Weekly Outlook
Gaining for the second straight week following three straight weeks of declines, US equity markets edged closer to new record highs, powered by an upbeat start to peak earnings season and signs of mounting strength in the US housing markets. Retail sales data and bank earnings this week provided more evidence that the US consumer remains relatively unfazed by the domestic and international political drama, while housing data and homebuilder earnings suggested that the recent reacceleration in the US single-family housing markets - the most economically important asset class in the