The move in this group of stocks reveals the truth: Residential real estate has hit bottom and is on its way higher.
After a long period of underperformance, REITs are on the move again.
Funds tracking commercial real estate and retail are likely to be active.
2010 sees home prices sink by $1.7 trillion. Falling taxes deprive communities of crucial services.
The lender is well-positioned to be the best repository of homes when people realize that mortgage rates are done dropping and the scramble for housing begins.
But a bank loan chief acknowledges problems with the process.
Stories about the death of commercial real estate and retail REITs have been just plain wrong.
Restructuring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may become nearly impossible if Republicans split or even win the legislative branch.
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