Market & Trends
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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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Mack Brown Opens Dallas Conference with Insight
Dallas, Texas – When former head football coach of the Texas Longhorns football team Mack Brown entered the main presentation hall at the Think Realty National Conference & Expo in Dallas, Texas, the room erupted in cheers. Brown, who is credited with revitalizing not one but two major college football ...
Real Estate Market Weaker in Some Areas
According to national housing experts, the spring housing market will likely be the indicator for 2018 regarding whether the market is heading into a slowdown. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), about 40 percent of the entire year’s sales during a typical year happen from March through June ...
2 Questions to Optimize Lead Generation
Dallas, Texas – One of the best ways to generate solid lead generation for your real estate investing business is to get out “in the field” and talk to sellers directly. Especially in highly competitive real estate markets like Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), which recently hosted the Think Realty National Conference ...
HUD Mission Statement Change Proposed
According to a spokesman for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the department may adjust its mission statement in the coming months. The statement currently reads: “HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality and affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the ...
3 Things to Know About Owner Financing
Dallas, Texas – As mortgage rates rise and credit requirements on traditional mortgages from conventional lenders remain stringent, creative financing is becoming increasingly common in the real estate space. One of the most common forms of creative financing, seller-financing or owner-financing, is also one of the most attractive options because ...
Market for Student Housing Could be Softening
Student housing may be one of the most reliable investment options in real estate, thanks to a largely recession-proof tenant population and increasing student populations on most college campuses. However, in 2017, many analysts said that the market might have become oversaturated thanks to an enthusiastic 2016, wherein investors spent ...
Flipping Increases to 11-Year High in 2017
ATTOM Data Solutions, released its Q4 and Year-End 2017 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that 207,088 U.S. single family homes and condos were flipped in 2017, up 1 percent from the 204,167 home flips in 2016 to the highest level since 2006 — an 11-year high. The 207,088 homes ...
Oscars Affect One Movie-Titled Real Estate Market
After the Academy Awards announced the movie “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” as an Oscar contender, the real estate market saw an increase in viewership – just not the market you might expect. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), visitors to Realtor.com spent a fair amount of time ...
Robot Real Estate Agents Showing Properties
If you wish you could show every one of your properties in person without ever leaving your office, then you could soon have that wish granted. Robot guides are successfully showing properties, creating floor plans, and even shooting videos for listings in California. In one Woodland Hills brokerage, robots will ...
Foreign Investor Population Changing in U.S. Markets
Chinese buyers have dominated the conversation about foreign interests in U.S. real estate for years, but that trend appears to be shifting. According to research from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), despite massive spending on the part of Chinese buyers, the influx of Chinese capital into U.S. markets is ...
Brutal Honesty from Multifamily Investor
Dallas, Texas – When Brad Sumrok, founder and CEO of Apartment Investor Mastery, first started investing in apartment buildings, he wasn’t in it for the love of real estate. He was in it for what real estate could do for him. “I like investing in apartments, but you didn’t hear ...
Homebuyers Heading for Texas, the Millennial Wave
Dallas, Texas – Millennials are the largest generation since the Baby Boomers, and it turns out they have a taste for Texas. Michael Miller, CMO at 5Arch Group, broke down the ramifications of an inbound Millennial population on the Texas housing market and Texas real estate investors in a market ...
Sustainable Roofing Turns to Plants
In Door County, Wisconsin, Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant has been renowned for decades for its grass roof. Yes, it is really grass, and not only is the entire roof growing green grass, but it is adorned with goats. Needless to say, there is nearly always a spectacle while driving down ...
3 Forces Working Against Your Retirement Portfolio
Dallas, Texas – “Why is it that only five in every 100 people are financially secure at age 65?” Edwin Kelly, CEO of Specialized IRA Services, took some dramatic steps toward isolating the reason for this disturbing statistic at the Think Realty National Conference & Expo in Dallas, Texas, on ...
5G Technology Slated for Four Cities in 2018
Imagine using your phone to do just about anything with just about no delays ever. That dream could become a reality for certain cellular customers by the end of 2018. AT&T recently announced three cities would have access to its 5G service by the end of 2018 and promised that ...
Fed’s Asset Purchases During 2008 Questioned
Skeptical economists have authored and presented a paper criticizing the Federal Reserve’s asset purchases during the 2008 financial crisis. They argue that in the future, instead of making large scale asset purchases (LSAP), which were a key part of quantitative easing (QE) in the wake of the housing and financial ...
Telemarketing Scam Targeted Investors
The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Illinois recently indicted two California residents on charges related to a national telemarketing scam targeting real estate investors. The charges included conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, and result from the two individuals’ participation in a scheme that involved selling ...
Nashville Housing Market offers Room to Grow
Nashville, Tennessee, is, quite simply, sitting in the catbird seat when it comes to real estate. The “Music City,” so named in 1950 by radio broadcaster David Cobb thanks to its longstanding position as the home of country music, is hitting all the right notes these days. Positioned in the ...
Think Realty Magazine March 2018
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty | News & Events •Member Benefits Coaches Corner | Panel in Print • Letting Go Without Losing Control Design Point | Renovation Rock Star: Multifamily Edition • 3 Listing & Renovation Mistakes Costing You Money and Time on the Market Cover Feature | Building Big ...
Single-Family Rental Rates Up Year-Over-Year
According to the CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), 2017’s rents were higher than those of 2016. This continues a seven-year trend of rising rents that started in 2010, although analysts noted that the price growth rate has decelerated gradually since it peaked at 4.3 percent in February 2016. The index ...
Foreclosure Rates Lower in Highest-Risk ZIP Codes
ATTOM Data Solutions, released its 2017 Environmental Hazards Housing Risk Index, which shows median home prices in U.S. ZIP codes in the highest 20 percent for environmental hazard risk appreciated at a faster pace than the overall U.S housing market over the past year, past five years and past 10 ...
7 Ways to Determine Your Property’s Value
Real estate values estimation has several uses ranging from sale listings of real estate and analysis of investments to property taxes and insurances. However, it’s particularly necessary when it comes to real estate sales and passive investing. After all, the property value is not just based on the initial payment made or ...
Hall of Fame Coach Mack Brown inspires at Think Realty Conference in Dallas
We had a blast at our Dallas Conference & Expo with former University of Texas head football coach and our event kickoff speaker, Mack Brown. Watch along as Brown offers insights into how to be successful in life and in business—starting with practical tips you can implement today. Thank you, ...
Green Pig Marketing Stunt Backfires on Brokerage
A real estate brokerage expanding into the Seattle, Washington, market got a lot of attention recently with a marketing campaign that may have misfired. The company installed about 1,500 small, green pig cutouts around the city to announce its new presence. The idea was to demonstrate how the company would ...
Dallas Area Investors Reveal Market Insights
Dallas, Texas – Seven local investors spent an hour digging into the local Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market this past Saturday, February 24, 2018, at the Think Realty National Conference & Expo. The Local Market Panel, hosted by Cathy Crowe of All Star Home Group, consisted of local experts from ...
