There is a massive CRE debt wall that has been built, and it looks very scarry. This wall is newsworthy because it hasn’t previously been reported how massive the wall is.
Thru end of January, over past two decades, median price of existing single-family home (blue) has grown by 114%, S&P 500 (orange) has increased by 123%, and CPI (white) has increased by 66%.
Beta is not a measure of volatility. It is a measure of RISK. It defines in numeric coefficient terms the riskiness of a specific security compared to overall market risk.
Sales of previously owned homes rose 3.1% in January to 4 million units on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were down 1.7% year over year.
The private equity industry has rediscovered its mojo. Bloomberg on the stunning change in sentiment around PE driven by peaking rates’ confidence bringing more predictability to the cost of capital.