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Ready to get your read on? Dive into the article archive to help you build wealth through real estate investing. We feature top subject matter experts exploring every facet of the industry.
Zillow: Percentage of Homes Selling Above List Price Plunges
All good things must end. Or at least that seems to be the case for real estate investors that have savored years of progressively more homes selling above their listed price, Zillow found in a new analysis. The share of homes that sold above list price plummeted in the latter ...
Taste of Texas: San Antonio Real Estate Market
In this article, we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. ‘Alamo City’ Takes Aim at Housing A recent report by the San Antonio mayor’s Housing Policy Task Force claims that the home of the ...
Report Finds The Ten Hottest Housing Markets of 2018
As forecasters predict a slower 2019, many real estate investors are still celebrating roaring growth for the housing market in 2018. But while the U.S. saw home values grow on average by about 7.7 percent from 2017 to 2018, some markets were bigger winners than others, according to research from ...
PeerStreet Partners with Liquid Logics to Accelerate Loan Origination
The rapidly-growing proptech firm PeerStreet is partnering with a software heavyweight to build a faster, more transparent marketplace for private lenders and accredited investors. Based in Manhattan Beach, California, PeerStreet will integrate Liquid Logics’ software to accelerate loan origination, thereby creating more opportunities for lenders to sell their loans to ...
Taste of Texas: Houston Real Estate Market
In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. Weathering the Market in ‘Space City’ Despite the damage inflicted when it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in August 2017, Houston weathered ...
Dig Deep with Data to Find Your Next Investment Market
You’re waiting at your dentist’s office and you see a financial magazine. The headline grabs your attention — “Top 10 Markets for Real Estate Investors.” The article lists markets with rising rents and markets with strong appreciation. But, it is of little help because everyone knows that past performance is ...
Report: Home Sellers Revel in Record-Breaking Gains of 2018
Home sellers enjoyed record-breaking gains in 2018 for average home price returns since purchase, according to ATTOM Data Solutions. In 2018, home sellers saw an average home price gain since purchase of $61,000, up from $50,000 in 2017 and up from $39,500 in 2016, according to ATTOM. The U.S. median ...
Sabal Capital Kicks Off New Commercial Loan Offering
Sabal Capital Partners is offering a new commercial real estate loan program that aims to meet the growing demand for a single-source lender overseeing the total life of a loan. The company announced the program on Monday as a means for commercial real estate investors to manage loans from term ...
Five Steps to Smart Multifamily Investing
Homeownership rates have fallen in recent years due to rising home values and stricter underwriting standards. As a result of this and the increase in the number of people 34 years of age and younger, the prime age range for rentals, more U.S. households are renting than at any point ...
Taste of Texas: El Paso Real Estate Market
In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. A Safe Bet in ‘Sun City’ Known as the “Sun City” for its sunny days most of the year, El Paso is a popular ...
Taste of Texas: Dallas Real Estate Market
In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. Going big in Dallas Known as “The Big D,” the Dallas metro area had the largest population growth of any metro area in ...
Firm Commits 100,000 Hours of Community Services to Hurricane-Ravaged New Bern
When you searched “New Bern, North Carolina” years ago, you’d turn up fun historical facts or photos of the quaint town of 30,000 people. Now, the results aren’t so rosy. Peppered among visitor's information are images of Hurricane Florence’s devastation, stories of stranded people and data on the millions of ...
Opportunity Zones: Prime Investing Opportunities in Amazon HQ2 Markets
The new Opportunity Zones created by the tax reform legislation passed in December 2017 provide real estate investors with prime, tax-incented investing opportunities, particularly if they can find zones that are in the path of progress. The newly announced Amazon HQ2 markets certainly qualify as being in the path of ...
Taste of Texas: Austin Real Estate Market
Everything’s big in Texas, including the foreclosure auctions. A total of 27,324 Texas properties were scheduled for public foreclosure auction in the first 11 months of 2018, the most of any state and accounting for one in 10 scheduled foreclosure auctions nationwide, according to ATTOM Data Solutions. Texas foreclosure auctions ...
ATTOM Report Reveals Where Renting is More Affordable than Buying
Renting is cheaper than buying a home in a majority of the largest U.S. counties, according to a recent ATTOM Data Solutions study on rental affordability. Renting a three-bedroom home is more affordable than buying a median-priced home in 442 of 755 U.S. counties — roughly 59 percent — that ...
Office Depot Pilots New Coworking Space
In an effort to expand their offerings and tap into an emerging commercial real estate trend, Office Depot may soon become an easy spot for real estate investors to get work done on the go (and print some postcards and yard signs at the same time!). In partnership with Proximity, ...
Housing Slowdown Isn’t Stopping Prices in these Hot Markets
Thanks in part to rising interest rates, home prices have slowed down in about 70 percent of the 200 largest housing markets, according to Realtor Magazine. But while many homebuyers are pleased with that development, sellers in several metros are still enjoying double-digit annual price growth. “Even with the deceleration ...
As Polar Vortex Arrives, Protect Your Home from Extreme Temps
Frigid temperatures spurred on by what’s known as a polar vortex have Midwestern real estate investors and homeowners scrambling to prepare their properties for the extreme weather. As the polar vortex pushed temperatures in Chicago to 21 degrees below zero on Wednesday, homeowners would be wise to take precautions against ...
Realtors Thrilled with Ruling that Protects Valuable Tax Deduction
Real estate professionals are lauding a ruling from the U.S. Treasury Department that enables them to enjoy a valuable tax deduction. The Treasury and IRS recently issued their final regulations regarding the qualified business income rule within the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new regulations provide more clarity to ...
Report: Top Ten Cities That Homeowners Don’t Want to Leave
As a lack of home inventory and rising prices remain a challenge for buyers, many people are opting to stay put in their homes. And thanks to a recent study from LendingTree, we now know the cities in which people are particularly inclined to stay put for a long time ...
ATTOM Report: 2018 Foreclosure Rates Hit a 13-Year Low
Foreclosures’ presence in U.S. housing continues to shrink, according to new data from ATTOM Data Solutions. Foreclosure filings were reported on 624,753 U.S. properties in 2018, down 8 percent from 2017, according to ATTOM’s Year-End 2018 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. The nearly 625,000 foreclosures in 2018 are down about 78 ...
Lead Generation through Networking
As an entrepreneur, business owner and Think Realty-sponsored racecar driver, I not only understand racecars, but I appreciate the work that goes into building and maintaining them. Even though I feel guilty if I am not in the shop helping the team, my Crew Chief always reminds me: the best ...
As Shutdown Looms, Mortgage Rates Ding Existing-Home Sales
Despite two prior months of consecutive growth, existing-home sales dipped at the end of 2018. Total existing-home sales — which are completed transactions for single-family homes, townhomes, condos, and co-ops — decreased 6.4 percent from November to December, according to the National Association of Realtors’ existing-home sales report that was ...
Planning for a Home Inspection (Case Study)
You have cleaned both the inside and the outside of your house to make it attractive to buyers. You may have even gotten rid of a few things. But don’t forget to prepare for the home inspection. Whether a buyer is planning to own or rent a house, he or ...
Report: Despite Lag, Millennials Will Soon Be Driving Force of Home Buying
Thanks to crushing student debt, stagnate wages and the 2008 housing market crash, Millennials have been wary to jump into homeownership. But as Millennials get older, their desire and plans to own homes remain constant, according to a recent report from Clever Real Estate. About 84 percent of Millennials believe ...
