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American Homes 4 Rent is joining  the Blackstone Group in providing bonds for investors backed by single-family rental homes, the New York Times and CNBC are reporting. This is part… more

The folks at RealtyTrac have come up with a fun list of the best places to invest in real estate if you would like to own investment property where you… more

American Housing Ventures has acquired 80 acres of agricultural land east of the Austin airport to build single family homes to rent in a growing national trend of build-to-rent ventures… more

RealtyTrac says jumbo loans are now cheaper than conventional loans. It may not make sense, until you look deeper at what is really going on. In this story, RealtyTrac outlines… more

The newly released report from the National Association of Home Builders says builder confidence in the market for  single-family homes has leveled out and is holding steady after a slight… more

A new report from Savillis says American millionaires hold only seven percent of their wealth in real estate while Asian and European millionaires hold four times that amount. The report… more

The news just keeps getting better for Denver and real estate investors. The latest story from the Denver Post  from a report by Metrolist shows single-family home sales in metro… more

Apartment landlords raised rents by an average of 0.8% to $1,083 in the quarter according to a newly released report from Reis, Inc. Meanwhile the vacancy rate fell to 4.1%… more

Ross Gerber writes a thought-provoking piece in Forbes looking at potential disruptors  in the real estate investment and home buying space. And, he questions why an industry sector such as… more