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April Home Sales Highest For The Month In 6 Years, Median Sales Price Highest In 5 Years
Mark J. Perry • Wed, May 22 • 2 Comments
Existing Home Sales Report: April 2013
Sold At The Top • Wed, May 22
A Nightmarish Development In Real Estate Finance
Markos Kaminis • Wed, May 22 • 3 Comments
How To Manage The Risk In REITs
David Fabian • Tue, May 21 • 1 Comment
Weak Housing Starts? Permits Are A Better Indicator
Calafia Beach Pundit • Thu, May 16
New Residential Construction Report: April 2013
Sold At The Top • Thu, May 16 • 1 Comment
Trulia's New 'Bubble Watch' Nudges California And Texas Housing Into Overvalued Territory
Dr. Duru • Wed, May 15 • 21 Comments
Top 10 U.S. Real Estate Sector ETFs
David Fry • Fri, May 10 • 2 Comments
It's Not The Right Time For REITs
Howard Gold • Thu, May 9 • 3 Comments
News Corp. Options Active After Earnings
Interactive Brokers • Thu, May 9
Is This The Spring For Real Estate?
Markos Kaminis • Thu, May 9 • 8 Comments
First Time In 7 Years: Both CoreLogic Home Price Indexes Had Double-Digit Annual Gains In March
Mark J. Perry • Tue, May 7
The Greatest Financial Mistake Of A Lifetime: Missing The Housing Rebound
Zoomie Brokers • Tue, May 7 • 36 Comments
Major Asset Class April 2013 Performance Review
James Picerno • Fri, May 3 • 2 Comments
A Broken Record But It's A Good Song
The Inflation Trader • Wed, May 1 • 5 Comments
Construction Spending: March 2013
Sold At The Top • Wed, May 1
Foreign Investment: A Stealthy Driver Of U.S. Real Estate
Zoomie Brokers • Wed, May 1 • 6 Comments
Housing Prices Continue To Firm
Calafia Beach Pundit • Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
Interview With Diane Swonk: Good News: Rising Home Prices And Demand; Plummeting Deficit
Harlan Levy • Mon, Apr 29 • 2 Comments
Pending Home Sales: March 2013
Sold At The Top • Mon, Apr 29

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How To Manage The Risk In REITs
David Fabian • Tue, May 21 • 1 Comment
Real Estate Still Running
David Fabian • Mon, Apr 8 • 3 Comments
The Real Estate Recovery May Not Be Intact
Markos Kaminis • Mon, Apr 1 • 12 Comments
Are We Witnessing Another Housing Bubble In The U.S.?
Katchum • Fri, Mar 22 • 21 Comments
The Market Can't Have It Both Ways Regarding The Expansion Of Online Retail
Paulo Santos • Tue, Feb 19 • 13 Comments
New-Home Sales Resume
Wall Street Strategies • Wed, May 23, 2012
Existing Homes Back On Track
Wall Street Strategies • Tue, May 22, 2012 • 2 Comments
REITs Begin To Show Cracks
Chris Ciovacco • Thu, May 17, 2012 • 16 Comments
Find Above-Market Returns With Specialty Real Estate ETF
Henry Swann • Wed, Feb 22, 2012 • 1 Comment
Wednesday's ETF To Watch: Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund
Jared Cummans • Wed, Feb 22, 2012 • 1 Comment
How Far Will Home Prices Fall?
Kurt Brouwer • Wed, May 18, 2011 • 25 Comments
The Housing Headwind
Kevin Mahn • Fri, May 13, 2011 • 5 Comments
Clear Capital: The Housing Double Dip Is Now Official
Cullen Roche • Fri, May 6, 2011 • 15 Comments
Mortgage Activity Shows Housing and Economy Face Headwinds
Markos Kaminis • Thu, May 5, 2011 • 1 Comment
Residential Real Estate Isn't the Only Market Double Dipping
Cullen Roche • Sun, May 1, 2011 • 4 Comments
Existing Home Sales Rise 3.7% in March
Brian Wesbury • Thu, Apr 21, 2011 • 2 Comments
Existing Home Sales Continue to Muddle Along
TraderMark • Wed, Apr 20, 2011 • 8 Comments
Large Put Spread Hits Real Estate ETF
optionMONSTER • Tue, Mar 1, 2011
11 New Lows for Housing
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Feb 23, 2011 • 7 Comments
Housing's Three-Headed Foe Rears Its Ugly Head
Wall Street Strategies • Fri, Feb 11, 2011 • 5 Comments

April Home Sales Highest For The Month In 6 Years, Median Sales Price Highest In 5 Years
Mark J. Perry • Wed, May 22 • 2 Comments
Existing Home Sales Report: April 2013
Sold At The Top • Wed, May 22
A Nightmarish Development In Real Estate Finance
Markos Kaminis • Wed, May 22 • 3 Comments
Weak Housing Starts? Permits Are A Better Indicator
Calafia Beach Pundit • Thu, May 16
New Residential Construction Report: April 2013
Sold At The Top • Thu, May 16 • 1 Comment
Trulia's New 'Bubble Watch' Nudges California And Texas Housing Into Overvalued Territory
Dr. Duru • Wed, May 15 • 21 Comments
Top 10 U.S. Real Estate Sector ETFs
David Fry • Fri, May 10 • 2 Comments
It's Not The Right Time For REITs
Howard Gold • Thu, May 9 • 3 Comments
News Corp. Options Active After Earnings
Interactive Brokers • Thu, May 9
Is This The Spring For Real Estate?
Markos Kaminis • Thu, May 9 • 8 Comments
First Time In 7 Years: Both CoreLogic Home Price Indexes Had Double-Digit Annual Gains In March
Mark J. Perry • Tue, May 7
The Greatest Financial Mistake Of A Lifetime: Missing The Housing Rebound
Zoomie Brokers • Tue, May 7 • 36 Comments
Major Asset Class April 2013 Performance Review
James Picerno • Fri, May 3 • 2 Comments
A Broken Record But It's A Good Song
The Inflation Trader • Wed, May 1 • 5 Comments
Construction Spending: March 2013
Sold At The Top • Wed, May 1
Foreign Investment: A Stealthy Driver Of U.S. Real Estate
Zoomie Brokers • Wed, May 1 • 6 Comments
Housing Prices Continue To Firm
Calafia Beach Pundit • Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
Interview With Diane Swonk: Good News: Rising Home Prices And Demand; Plummeting Deficit
Harlan Levy • Mon, Apr 29 • 2 Comments
Pending Home Sales: March 2013
Sold At The Top • Mon, Apr 29
The Biggest Lie About The Real Estate Recovery
Lou Basenese • Thu, Apr 25 • 15 Comments

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IYR Description

The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the real estate sector of the U.S. equity market, as represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index.
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In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Sector ETFs, Real Estate [REIT] ETFs
Asset Class Performance: Real Estate

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Monday, May 13, 1:56 PM The NAREIT U.S. REIT Index (IYR, VNQ) had a pretty good year just in April, rising 5.8% vs. the S&P up 1.9%. YTD through April, the index was up 15.44% vs. 12.74% for the S&P. Y/Y, REITs are up 22.2% vs. the S&P at 16.89% The best performers in April were the retail REITs (SPG, TCO, GGP, O, ARCP, PEI), gaining 9.9%. Taking a break were the timber REITs (PCH, PCL), down 1.6% in April after rising 7.3% the previous month. YTD, the leading REIT performer is Health Care (VTR, HCP, HCN HTA), +23.7%. Comment! [Financials]
Monday, April 22, 1:49 PM Moody's upgrades its outlook for the equity REIT industry to Stable. The sector is "well positioned to handle the fragile economic outlook and the potential for rising interest rates," the ratings agency says, in a new report. Moody's Senior VP notes that REITs have "access to multiple capital sources … at historically low rates that have lengthened their debt maturity profiles," boosted earnings, and increased fixed charge coverage ratios. 1 Comment
Tuesday, April 16, 9:25 AM There's not too many surprises in ETF action yesterday, with areas like the bond market (AGG), real estate (IYR), low volatility (SPLV), and pharmaceuticals (IHE) seeing big inflows, and small caps (IWM), energy (XLE), energy exploration (XOP), and materials (XLB) seeing a wave of cash exit. Comment!
Friday, April 5, 5:00 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: TLT +4.3%. WPS +3.7%. UNG +2.6%. VNQ +2.4%. IYR +1.8%.
ETF Losers: GDXJ -8.0%. GDX -7.4%. URA -6.7%. EWY -6.2%. REMX -5.3%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, March 25, 9:48 AM iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR) announces quarterly distribution of $0.5844. 12-month yield of 3.52% (as of 02/28/2013). For shareholders of record Mar. 27. Payable Apr. 01. Ex-div date Mar. 25. Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, March 18, 4:57 AM Ron Rowland offers additional highlights on the recently expanded lineup of commission-free ETFs over at Fidelity including the following caveat: Funds not held for 30 days by retail investors or 60 days by RIAs using Fidelity as a custodian will be subject to a $7.95 per-trade commission. Some RIAs have complained that the longer holding period directed at them is unfair. Rowland spells out the full list of affected ETFs here. Comment!
Friday, February 8, 12:23 PM Large inflows into stock mutual funds continue, with the amount since the year's start now at $24.9B, according to Lipper, the strongest run since April 2000. Do ETF flows show even more of a move towards risk? The mighty SPY moves from first to last, losing $3B in AUM last week, while the Russell 2000 Index (IWM) and the Real Estate ETF (IYR) jumped to the top. 9 Comments
Thursday, January 24, 10:48 AM Performance of U.S. REITs (IYR, VNQ) has been good, but international REITs like RWX have done even better while sporting higher yields. Greater alpha is nice on the way up, but don't think tighter Fed policy won't hit international REITs even harder than domestic ones, says Stephen Cucchiaro. A compromise might be RWO, which splits its portfolio between the U.S. and overseas. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, January 24, 8:53 AM "(Commercial property) values are increasing but they're not running away," says Starwood (STWD) CEO Barry Sternlicht in an interview about the LNR purchase. He notes money is beginning to move out of fixed income into real property. This isn't news for major city centers, but Sternlicht says it's beginning to spill into "secondary cities." Comment! [Financials, U.S. Economy]
Wednesday, January 23, 10:21 AM Housing bulls take pause after John Paulson tells an audience his best idea right now is to buy a house. Summing up the conventional wisdom, the ice-cold hedge funder notes prices are up and inventory is at a decade-low, creating the "most positive change in housing since the Lehman crisis." 4 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Wednesday, January 23, 9:38 AM More on mortgage applications: Low rates (and the threat of higher ones) along with increasing prices have buyers busy. The seasonally-adjusted 3% rise in purchase applications has the index at its highest level since the homebuyer tax credit was set to expire in May 2010. The unadjusted purchase index +26% Y/Y. (full report) Comment! [U.S. Economy]
Friday, January 18, 10:59 AM More good news for housing: Household formation growth is back. After averaging more than 1M/year prior to the property bust, formations dropped to about 500K/year between 2008-10. The number bounced to 1.1M in 2011 and looks to have risen further last year. The gains are particularly felt in the rental market, and builders are obliging with a big jump in multi-family starts. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Wednesday, January 16, 7:36 AM Housing will be a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish macro picture this year, says Goldman, noting mortgage lending terms are more likely to ease rather than tighten. The firm says private investor demand is set to gain momentum, but this is already off the charts. If it gets any stronger, it's hard to see how they'll be anything left for the rest of us. 1 Comment [U.S. Economy]
Wednesday, January 9, 1:41 PM With a 20.1% total return, U.S. REIT stocks (includes both equity and mortgage REITs) outperformed the broad market for the 4th straight year. The top-performing sector was Timber, sporting a 37% total gain, followed by Industrial and Infrastructure REITs. Comment! [Financials]
Sunday, January 6, 8:56 AM While the preferred stock (PFF) led the income pack in 2012 with a total return of 18.2%, the current risk-reward profile isn't great, says Barclays' Shobhit Gupta, with the upside capped by the issuer call option, and significant downside if rates rise. One overlooked class for investors: Convertible Bonds (CWB). Barron's overview of the income sector. 26 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, January 2, 3:33 PM The shadow inventory of residential housing fell to 2.3M units in October, according to CoreLogic, a 12.3% decline from a year ago, and representing a 7-month supply. Half of the shadow inventory is only delinquent at this point. Given the length of time it takes to foreclose, there is little threat of a near-term big boost to housing market supply, says the group's Mark Fleming. Comment! [U.S. Economy]

David Fabian
$IYR continues to perform well. Real Estate has been a great sector this year. http://seekingalpha.com/a/sgm5
Apr 12, 1:16 PM
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David Fabian
$IYR hitting new highs today. REITs still going strong
Apr 8, 5:23 PM
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Jon Peter
How different asset classes like $GLD, Real Estate $IYR, Bonds $TLT performed in 2011s market correction? http://seekingalpha.com/a/6wnd
Jan 31, 12:02 PM
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Wall Street Sector Selector
5 econ reports today fail to impress stocks (IYR) (XLY) (XLB) http://bit.ly/TZMwxZ
10/25/12
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eabyrd
REITs doing well today... $TWO $NLY $AGNC $IYR $REM $MORT
6/5/12
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Master Che
IYR - XLB: - http://seekingalpha.com/p/5p0c
1/31/12
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R2k
IYR breaking down lately after big runup since March '09. DRV: +13-16% today.
10/5/11
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Anthony Alfidi
IYR is coming down thanks to housing's non-recovery, but fair value is still probably under 30.
8/22/11
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Alan Johnson
I currently favor a number of diversified ETFs, including EEM, EFA, EWY, EWZ, FXI, GDX, IYR, MOO, QQQ, RSX, SPY, TLT, XLB, XLE
6/20/11
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Dr. Kris
Bears moving in: Real-estate suffering as home construction and RE etfs--ITB & IYR--break down while short etfs--DRV, REK, SRS--break out.
6/10/11
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