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Market & Trends
The world of real estate investing moves quickly. Catch the must-know news, market information, and trends for the industry here.
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3 Things a Blueprint Can Tell You About Your Investment Property
Although many real estate investors choose to leave the complicated lines, measurements, and extremely fine print of blueprints to their contractors, engineers, and architects, sometimes a quick look at a property’s inner workings can tell you a lot about how a potential project might go. At times, a blueprint can ...
Think Realty Magazine June 2018
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Fannie Mae Testing Airbnb Income Based Mortgage Loans
Fannie Mae is working with three lenders to evaluate the integrity of mortgage refinance loans underwritten with consideration of a primary residence’s Airbnb income. This is the first time Airbnb income has been a factor in refinance applications. Quicken Loans conceived the program. The project is in the pilot stages ...
ATTOM Data Ranks Amazon HQ2 Candidates by Real Estate Market
20 major metro areas are waiting for the Amazon HQ2 announcement with baited breath. Amazon told NBC News in mid-May that it had completed its tour of the “short list” of contenders for its second headquarters, dubbed HQ2. Based on this information (and little else, since Amazon required all 20 ...
Idaho and Utah Building More Homes than Any Other State
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Idaho and Utah are building new housing at a faster pace than any other states in America. The Census data, spanning July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017, showed Idaho with an increase of 1.7 percent in new construction of single-family homes, condominiums, and ...
Home Prices Likely to Surge in the South
According to Census data, certain cities in the south and on the west coast will likely see surging home prices to accompany surging population numbers in the coming months. “Supply is at record lows and prices continue to climb,” observed one Phoenix broker, Tucker Blalock. in response to the data ...
California Draws Battle Lines in Rent Control Conflict
The battle lines have been drawn in the war over California rent control. Tenant advocates announced recently they have enough signatures for a ballot initiative to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Act, which could open the floodgates for extreme rent control in California and put some landlords right out of business. Why ...
These Outdoor Property Investments Garner Strong Returns
According to the National Association of Landscape Professionals and the National Association of Realtors, some of the strongest returns on outdoor investments come from the smallest projects. The duo’s “2018 Remodeling Report” indicated the most substantial financial payout at resale comes from a relatively inexpensive investment: standard lawn care service ...
New Projections for Rise in Interest Rates in 2018
At the beginning of 2018, most experts agreed that the Federal Reserve would almost certainly raise interest rates four times over the course of the coming year, a move that could have taken mortgage interest rates from near-historic lows back to still-relatively historic lows, but slightly higher. After the Fed’s ...
Consumer Preferences Continue to Drive Retail Real Estate
“The days of plug-and-play retail are gone,” said Naveen Jaggi, president of retail advisory services at Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL), during a recent presentation at the company’s RECon event in Las Vegas. Jaggi issued the clear warning during a panel on the retail industry, but he added, “We’ve spent too ...
Zillow Predicts Next Recession to Begin in 2020
Zillow’s 2018 Home Price Expectations Survey revealed a troubling timeline for the next recession, as more than half the experts who participated in the study said they believe the next recession will begin in 2020 and a fifth of those stating it will begin early that year. About a quarter ...
Health-Focused Residential Development Gains Interest
For the first time in U.S. history, today’s younger generations have shorter life expectancies than that of their parents, and many architects and urban planners believe the solution lies in health-conscious development ...
HUD Removes Access to Fair Housing Data Tool
HUD has announced it will “withdraw” access to a crucial data-submission tool used in AFFH reporting ...
Top Five “Most Prosperous Cities” in the United States
According to RentCafe, which releases an annual prosperity report naming the top 20 most prosperous cities in the country each year, a metro area needs to be “capable of progress,” active and vital, have momentum to “keep itself on the radar,” and sustain a growing population in order to be ...
Two-Thirds of Americans Believe It’s a Good Time to Buy a Home
Despite the fact that housing prices are hitting record highs in many real estate markets, most U.S. adults believe both that home prices will continue to rise in the next year and that now is a good time to buy a home. According to a new Gallup Poll on the ...
Increase in Multi-Family Interest Spikes Condo Prices in Certain Markets
Thanks to high-income tech jobs, limited housing inventory, and a determination to live in the hottest housing markets in the country, buyers in the Bay Area of California and other similarly hot metro markets are driving up condo prices and driving down the multifamily inventory in that sector. According to ...
3 Best Cities for Cyclists in 2018
Redfin’s Walk Score released its list of most bike-friendly cities for cyclists in the country in 2018 this week, and metro areas that protect their cyclists and improve their navigational options are reaping the rewards. According to the study, which evaluated cities based on bike lanes, hills, destinations, rode connectivity, ...
Nevada Population “Most Likely to Move” in 2018
Today, ATTOM Data released its Q1 2018 Pre-Mover Housing Index, which measures the volume of the population in a housing market most likely to move within the next quarter. Those pre-movers display certain “flags,” as ATTOM Data researchers refer to them, indicating that they are likely to change residences. The ...
California’s Rent Control Initiative Could Alter the Face of Housing in the State
This November, California voters will determine whether city governments need more power to enact rent control policies. Many landlords in the state are already selling off properties or holding off on buying more, according to the Wall Street Journal. The initiative, if passed, would repeal a 1995 state law called ...
Tech and Big Data Disrupt the Real Estate Investing Status Quo
In the world of real estate investing, there’s a common challenge that most investors face these days. The first inclination might be to think it’s funding. But much has changed, and in fact improved, in the world of investment property funding since the hangover and recovery from the big crash ...
Nearly a Quarter of Young Adults Live with Their Mothers
According to Zillow Research, 22.5 percent of young adults, those aged 24 to 36 years, still live with their mothers in 2018. That number has risen sharply since 2005, when 13.5 percent reporting living with their mothers. This age demographic, the Millennial generation, has battled a number of significant challenges ...
Oklahoma Real Estate Agent Lists Home In Good Condition for $1
For anyone who has ever watched “The Price is Right,” the idea of pricing something at one dollar is inherently strategic. Taking this tactic to the extreme of listing a four-bedroom, four-bathroom home for a single dollar, however, takes guts. A real estate professional in Edmond, Oklahoma, named Ryan Hukill ...
Real Estate Fund Betting on D.C. for Amazon’s HQ2
When Third Avenue Real Estate Fund announced it would buy $10 million worth of shares in a real estate investment trust (REIT) with extensive holdings in Crystal City, an urban neighborhood in the southeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, it cited, among other factors, the likelihood that Amazon’s second national ...
Nestpick Names San Francisco “Best City for Young Entrepreneurs”
Nestpick, a furnished apartment search engine based in Berlin, Germany, recently released its “2018 Millennial Cities Ranking” report. The report debuted last year, in 2017, and Nestpick conducted the study “in order to pinpoint which cities are successfully attracting this generation and therefore a core future workforce.” The company managing ...
Think Realty Deepens Partnership with OwnAmerica
Affinity Worldwide recently made an equity invesment in OwnAmerica. The purchase deepens the partnership with OwnAmerica and two of Affinity Worldwide’s real estate-related entities, Think Realty and National Real Estate Insurance Group. The terms of the investment were not disclosed. OwnAmerica is a leading platform that operates a national marketplace for Single Family ...
