Investors hit their all-time high of 93,700 homes purchased in Q3 2021. The second quarter of 2022 was lower at 87,500 U.S. homes, but it was still up 5.9% over the comparable period in 2021, and investors continue to buy more homes than they did pre-pandemic.
Commodities
Exchange-traded products linked to commodities recorded their biggest outflow ever in July as investors pulled a net $11.2 billion out of the funds.
Intel Brookfield
Intel has struck a $30 billion funding partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to help finance its massive factory expansion ambitions.
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Marriott opens expansive new headquarters despite rise of hybrid working.
Existing Home Sales
U.S. existing home sales fell in July for the sixth straight month, the longest streak of declines in more than eight years, as higher mortgage rates and a shortage of homes for sale are cooling this once red-hot market.
RV Sales
RV manufacturers shipped over a record 600,000 vehicles in 2021. This year is on track to be the second-biggest year with more than 500,000 unit shipments.
FTC Regulation
The FTC issued 42 letters of investigation over mergers or similar transactions during the 2021 fiscal year, almost double the number for 2020 and the highest in more than 10 years.
Home Prices
Home prices have hit new highs as the inventory of homes for sale held below historical levels. The median single-family existing-home sales price rose 14.2% in the second quarter from a year ago to $413,500.
Land Prices
The average sale price per acre for American land in the second quarter of 2022 was $18,083, doubling over the last two years.
CRE Volume
This year, the sales-volume growth rate has been falling as rising inflation has pushed interest rates higher. In the second quarter, investors purchased $190.3 billion of commercial property, an increase of 17% over the same period in 2021 but down from a 150% sales-volume increase in the second quarter of 2021.