3 Real Estate Stocks to Buy on Falling Mortgage Rates

The real estate sector is having a moderate 2024. The S&P 500 Real Estate Select Sector SPDR (XLRE) has advanced 5.5% year to date as of Aug 6. This wasn't the scenario in the first part of the year, with the sector declining till the end of June. However, optimism about the Fed introducing rate cuts in the economy and falling mortgage rates seem to have triggered a turnaround. Buoyed by signals from the Fed, the benchmark 30-year average mortgage rate fell to 6.5% late last week, its lowest level since May ...