Mortgage rates moved up last week and reached the highest point since July 2024. Per the Freddie Mac report, the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.91% as of Jan. 2, 2025, up from ...

The mREIT industry gained momentum in early 2024, driven by optimism surrounding the Federal Reserve rate cuts. Per the Freddie Mac report, the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6. ...

Consider the following: What are mortgage REITs? Why invest in mREITs? mREIT performance. Risks of mREITs. Ways to invest in mREITs. Mortgage REITs invest in residential or commercial mortgages or ...

Blackstone Mortgage's office-dominated loan book is poorly positioned for the current high interest rate environment. Read ...

Discover why Armour Residential REIT, Inc. is a compelling tactical opportunity with potential growth and income benefits in a rising mortgage ...

Mortgage REITs, on the other hand, buy stacks of paper. The mREIT business goes like this: Borrow money at short-term interest rates. Buy bundled-up packages of mortgages, aka securitized mortgages.

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

Seven Hills Realty Trust, an mREIT with a portfolio diversified across geographies and property types, is home to a ...

Nareit provides a searchable directory of REITs organized by: To show you how to choose the right REIT to invest in, I’m going to analyze several non-mREIT publicly traded REITs. In general ...

These metrics placed Dynex Capital in line with its Agency MREIT peer group, which had median values of 0.94 times book value and a 14.7% dividend yield. This alignment suggests that the market ...

With a gradual decrease in mortgage rates, improving purchase originations and refinancing activities, mREIT companies will likely witness book value improvement in 2025 as spreads in the Agency ...