Real Estate

Continued from Part 1 The state of the first-time homebuyer The first-time homebuyer has been in a difficult position post-crisis. Many college students graduated with high levels of student loan debt and grim job prospects. Given the harsh job market, many graduates decided to return to school, moved in with their parents, or moved in […]

Sales fell 0.2% in November. Inventories increased 0.2%. Interestingly, the inventory build was with the retailers, not the manufacturers.

While most people don’t think of industrial data affecting office REITs, it does influence the top-line growth of commercial REITs like SL Green (SLG).

AQR Capital started a new position in Vodafone Group plc that accounts for 0.44% of the fund’s 4Q portfolio.

This article considers the importance of investment, including residential investment, in the support of U.S. consumption data and the implications for investors.

Tilray (TLRY) stock fell as much as 5.5% last week, while Supreme Cannabis (SPRWF) fell ~4.4% in the week ending May 3.

During 2Q17, Equity Residential (EQR) reported higher-than-expected top-line and bottom-line results backed by robust rent growth and occupancy levels.

Small business accounts for roughly half of the U.S. gross domestic product (or GDP) and jobs.

AQR Capital sold a position in GEO Group Inc. in 2Q14. The company accounted for a 0.0206% position in the fund’s first quarter U.S. long portfolio.

Pershing Square disclosed a new position in Platform Specialty Products (PAH) that accounts for 7.58% of Pershing Square’s 1Q14 portfolio.

Extra Space (EXR) holds 12% of its total properties in the form of joint ventures and 32% managed for third parties—the largest in the industry.

Financials and basic materials have dividend yields of 2.5% and 2.4%, respectively.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own a large percentage of mortgages in the U.S. How do you figure out if Fannie Mae owns your loan?

Big agency REITs like Annaly (NLY) and American Capital Agency (AGNC) took the chance to deleverage their balance sheets after the warning in the spring of 2013.

In this part of our cannabis valuation series, we’ll discuss the multiples of the remaining cannabis stocks and compare them to the peer (MJ) median of 24x.

In 2Q17, GGP (GGP) reported NOI (net operating income) of $551.0 million, which came in higher than the previous year at $554.0 million.

Prologis’s (PLD) upbeat top-line and bottom-line results in 2Q17 were driven by higher-than-expected rent growth and net operating income.

On March 13, during the first half of the day, the overall cannabis sector traded higher.

The ten-year bond sold off, with yields increasing from 2.27% to 2.34%. Ginnie Mae TBAs bucked the trend, rising from 104 20/32 to 104 25/32.

Casino gambling is spread across major destinations around the world. Casinos, at major destinations, are being influenced by certain factors. This is hampering industry growth.

AvalonBay’s revenue grew 7% in the first quarter, driven by rental and other income.

Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR) is scheduled to release its Q3 earnings results on November 6. Find out what cannabis investors can expect.

Micron’s solid-state storage business ranges from hard disk drive (or HDD) replacements with solid-state drives (or SSDs) for clients to enterprise-class storage solutions.

Weyerhaeuser (WY) has undertaken several divestiture policies in order to dispose of its underperforming and non-core businesses.

The growing economy has helped REITs including Weyerhaeuser (WY), Rayonier (RYN), Resolute Forests Products (RFP), and International Paper (IP) reap higher profits.

Private sector employment increased by 238,000 in December, while November’s numbers were revised upward from 215,000 to 229,000.

Ginnie Mae and the to-be-announced market The Fannie Mae to-be-announced (or TBA) market represents the usual conforming loan—the plain Fannie Mae 30-year mortgage. Meanwhile, Ginnie Mae TBAs are where government loans go—such as the federal housing administration (or FHA) and veterans affairs (or VA) loans. The biggest difference between a Fannie Mae mortgage-backed security (or […]

Last week, CNBC said that WeWork (WE) is firing 2,400 people. Supposedly, this will “create a more efficient organization.”

Residential investments in Japan The below graph reflects the ongoing decline in the rate at which residential investments are being made in Japan. As with other forms of fixed investment noted earlier in this series, Japan has seen a long-term decline in the housing market since the peak of the economic bubble, which was accompanied […]

Since its conversion to an REIT in 2004, Extra Space Storage (EXR) has paid regular quarterly cash dividends to its shareholders.

Lone Pine initiated a new position in Equinix (EQIX) last quarter that accounts for 1.81% of the fund’s total 1Q portfolio. Lone Pine had exited the position in 4Q 2013 and restarted it last quarter.

Simon Property Group is by far the biggest shopping center REIT in the U.S., with a market capitalization of $53 billion. The next biggest REITs are less than half Simon’s size.

Colombia legalized medical marijuana in 2015. Now, it’s working on its booming medical cannabis industry. Let’s take a look at how.

In 2017, Softbank (SFTBY) created a pool of $100 billion to promote new business ventures. The company provided seed funding to entrepreneurs worldwide.

Omega Advisors opened a new 1.36% position in Intercontinentalexchange (ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, in the fourth quarter.

From 1972 to 2012, capacity utilization averaged 80.2% and bottomed at 66.9% in 2009 suggesting there’s a lot of room for production to expand before we start feeling inflationary pressures.

A dividend exchange-traded fund (or ETF) consists of dividend-paying stocks. Usually, ETFs track a dividend index. The stocks in the fund or index are selected based on their dividend yield.

Zillow gives users access to many tools to help them through the home buying process. However, the estimates aren't always accurate.

What do mortgage payments include? See this mortgage payment breakdown to learn more about principal, interest, homeowners' insurance, and property tax.

It’s possible to get a mortgage without a credit score thanks to manual underwriting. Which lenders offer manual underwriting and what do they look for?