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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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June 2022 Special Lending Edition
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Special Lending Edition | The CIVIC Difference • Revolutionary or Evolutionary? • How to Build Trust with Your Investors and Borrowers • No More Keeping Up with the Joneses • Taking the Bull by the Horns • The Ins and Outs of Real Estate Investing Insurances • ...
The World Economy Is NOT Your Economy
The global economy inevitably impacts the real estate industry. It is also true that many investors have been using it as a crutch to avoid starting to invest in real estate—or move to the next level. Leveraging the current reality is the key to growing your portfolio, regardless of market ...
The health crisis has fundamentally changed how people live, work, rest, and play. Spurred on by the blurring of our professional and personal lives, there is a new set of rules at play in urban planning and multifamily housing. Let’s take a look at some of them. According to One ...
Rising Interest Rates: Is Real Estate Investing Still Bigger in Texas?
00:59:39 | Investing in Real Estate in Texas, the impact of rising interest rates and more ...
How Design Can Maximize A Multifamily Investment
Many cities throughout the country are experiencing tremendous rent growth, and the Tampa, Florida, market is no exception. Local statistics puts market rent growth for this area at more than 20% during the last year as supply continues to be sparce. With such a high demand, investors can continue to ...
Labor and Materials Shortages Prompt New Approaches to Building and Design
Fix-and-flippers, new home builders, and build-to-rent contractors must feel like they’re caught in an endless loop of Groundhog Day. Although many builders and rehabbers had hoped 2022 would bring some relief from materials shortages, labor bottlenecks, and soaring construction prices, challenges in these areas have continued unabated across the country ...
FREE WEBINAR! Rising Interest Rates: Is Real Estate Investing Still Bigger in Texas?
Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On May 16th at 2PM (CST), a panel of experts will be speaking about investing opportunities in the great state of Texas. Panelists include: Rob Barney with DHLC Investments Incorporated Alex Buriak with Jet Lending Kristin Gerst with Capricorn Mortgage Investments ...
Think Realty Magazine May/June 2022
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Design | Inflation-proofing Your Renovation Budget • Investing in Mobile/Manufactured Homes • 13 Design Trends for 2022 • The 4 Essential Elements of a Successful Real Estate Project • Good Design Can Make or Break Your Business • Redesigning Distressed Properties to Appeal to Modern Buyers • ...
What to Know Before Buying a House in San Diego
Are you looking to buy a house in San Diego? If so, then there are some things that you need to know before diving into the process. For instance, did you know that a bank or lender can reject your application even if you have excellent credit and income? It’s ...
Think Realty Podcast #228 – Building Wealth, Peer to Peer!
You can build wealth by using a loan program… sounds like an oxymoron, right? It’s true! Our guest Tom Hallock from PeerStreet explains how using loan programs benefit the borrower and the lender, where are the breakdowns in the learning curve of PeerStreet, and where he thinks the market is ...
After a Two-Year Hiatus, Will Foreclosure Volume Return in 2022?
Data from Auction.com and other sources suggest that foreclosure volume will increase substantially in 2022 off a record low in 2021, while staying safely below pre-pandemic levels. The trend of gradually rising foreclosure volume was already established leading into 2022. Completed foreclosure auctions on the Auction.com platform in the fourth ...
The renewed plunge into coronavirus disruptions—this time by the omicron variant—increases the difficulty of separating temporary from longer-term changes to the U.S. economy. Economic disruptions often accelerate trends that had already been brewing under the surface. On-line shopping, remote working and learning, and the reordering of life-work priorities aren’t new ...
4 Reasons Multifamily Isn’t in a Bubble
Over the last decade, this country has printed more money than in the previous 95 years. In addition, there are fewer and fewer places where individuals and institutions can get yield on their cash. When the asset craze finally does bust, the money moving from those assets—stocks, crypto, and single-family ...
Why Real Estate Investors Are Buying Homes at a Record High
A new report revealed that real estate investors are buying a large percentage of U.S. homes that hit the market. Investor-purchased homes accounted for more than 18% of all sales in the fourth quarter of 2021. In December of that year, investors purchased nearly 44% more homes — more than ...
Think Realty Podcast #225 – Learning to Lend
Have you heard the big news?! AlphaFlow and American Association of Private Lenders are officially partners! Our guest Dana Georgiou, Senior Vice President of Lender Partnerships at AlphaFlow, gives a sneak peek on a few of the exciting things coming this year like educational forums, new technology specifically for lenders ...
Market Spotlight: Baltimore, Maryland
Good morning, Baltimore! Whatever your reference point for Baltimore—the Ravens and Orioles, steamed crabs, or the site of many John Waters movies (including Hairspray)—this close neighbor of Washington, D.C., has potential for investment you may not have considered. Historically, Baltimore is where “The Star-Spangled Banner” was written during a siege ...
5 Ways Investors Continue to Improve New York City
It seems impossible to make a city like New York any better than it is, but some investors are up to the challenge. While it may feel like all the properties in the Big Apple are taken, wise investors know that there is still money to be made and that ...
Top Reasons to Invest in Texas
Which market in Texas is the best one to invest in? The answer is all of them. Last year in Texas, single-family housing sales ended 6.1% higher at 416,488 units sold. The average and median prices increased to $372,656 and $300,000, up 18.1% and 15.7% respectively from 2020 according to ...
Using Self-Directed IRAs to Invest in the Houston Market
As the Houston market continues to become more competitive, more Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA) investors are looking for ways to ensure successful deals. In a market where property is moving faster than it has in years, having a real estate investment in your SDIRA can increase your chances of generating more ...
Think Realty Magazine March/April 2022
+ WHAT'S INSIDE Profiles | Are You Prepared for the Upcoming Market Crash in 2022? Legislation | Think Realty’s New Government Relations Committee Identifies First Key Issue Funding | Tap into Private Lending When Buying a Short-Term Rental • Capital, Real Estate, Cash Flow, and the Velocity of Money • ...
Buyers Face Challenges Due to Record Low House Listings in the Philly Area
Philadelphia homebuyers aren’t going to have an easy time in 2022; there simply aren’t enough houses on the market to go around. The number of listed houses in the area has been declining over the past couple of years, too; this isn’t a recent phenomenon by any means. There have ...
Think Realty Podcast #222 – State of the Marketplace and Investing in 2022
With the state of the marketplace and interest rates going up, will investors have a profitable 2022? Our guest Jeffrey Tesch, CEO of RCN Capital, talks about the impact rising interest rates and supply and demand has on investors. Tesch breaks down the strategy to achieve success in 2022 and ...
Think Realty Podcast #221- Investing in Texas
Texas has many opportunities for investors but don’t be fooled: just because a property has a low price, doesn’t mean it’s necessarily a good deal. Our guest Shenoah Grove from Texas REIAS, has lived in Texas for most of her life and shares all of the ins and outs about ...
RealtyTrac® Data Shows Increase in Share of Real Estate Investor Purchases
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2022 – Real estate investor purchases accounted for 16.4% of all home purchases nationally in Q3 2021 compared with 11.7% in Q3 2020, a year-over-year increase of just over 40 percent, according to the RealtyTrac® Investor Purchase Report. The report measures the share of all single-family home sales purchased by investors, ...
The Atlanta real estate market has had steady growth over the past several years making it a great place to live as well as invest in. Located in the state of Georgia, the city of Atlanta is a hotspot for any type of real estate investing. It is a city ...
