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Think Realty Magazine September/October 2016
+ WHAT'S INSIDE The Big Picture | Lawn Care ‘Headache’ Relief • Indicators You Should Monitor • Deep Discounting • 5 Fix-and-Flip Tips • Chinese Like Stability of the U.S. Market Cover Feature | Dynamic Duo Up Close & Personal | A New Avenue • Global Connections • Get in ...
Chinese Investors Like Stability of U.S. Market
Chinese investors, like those from other foreign countries, found deals aplenty in U.S. real estate at the height of the recent financial crisis here. Now that the U.S. economy has regained strength, the pickings aren’t as easy, but the Chinese remain as enamored of U.S. real estate as ever, even ...
Innovation has been slow to arrive in the real estate sector, despite the fact that it’s a staggeringly large industry and would seem to be ripe for internet-fueled disruption. While real estate tech companies like Zillow get the lion’s share of digital ink, startups are creating innovation in almost every ...
RealtyTrac’s Midyear 2016 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report shows a total of 533,813 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings—default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions—in the first six months of 2016, down 20 percent from the previous six months and down 11 percent from the first six months of 2015. The report ...
No matter what your political or social view of the United States of America, you must acknowledge that it is by far one of the most attractive countries in which to invest today. Although many investors struggle with the uncertainty of tomorrow, we have a much more stable environment than ...
2016 Top 10 Investing Hot Spots
The national housing market continues to heat up, with U.S. home sales hitting a nine-year high in May and home prices soaring 4.7 percent year-over-year in the same month. Add to that $636.7 billion in much-needed new construction (again, on a national level) up 5 percent in May over April, ...
Home Sales Increasing Faster in Counties with Low Natural Hazard Risk
ATTOM Data Solutions’ just-released 2016 U.S. Natural Hazard Housing Risk Index found that home sales in the first six months of 2016 increased 4.2 percent from the same time period a year ago in the bottom fifth of U.S. counties with the lowest level of natural hazard risk—more than twice ...
Investment Home Prices Growing Faster Than Owner-Occupied
Recently released data from HomeUnion shows median prices for U.S. investment housing growing at a faster rate than owner-occupied home prices. According to the new HomeUnion Home Sales Report, prices for investment housing – both financed and all-cash–jumped 7.1 percent to $213,300, while the median price for owner-occupied homes increased ...
More than 1 in 10 Homeowners Still Underwater, Zillow Figures Show
Both urban and suburban communities have a significant share of homeowners in negative equity five years into the recovery, according to the second quarter Zillow® Negative Equity Report. In a press release, Zillow said 13.7 percent of homeowners in urban regions and 11.2 percent of homeowners in suburban regions across ...
Centrally located in the Sunshine State, Orlando has always been a popular destination—not just for tourists, but for relocating families and investors, as well. The weather and job growth witnessed decades of slow, steady growth in population and real estate values. This healthy growth turned into rampant speculation during the ...
I’m thinking of a city with the busiest international border crossing in North America. Where downtown apartment vacancy rates are below 5 percent and continuously dropping. A city neighbored by suburbs with some of the safest rated living standards in the United States, where entry home prices are in the ...
Bubbling with Profit Potential
Where are many reasons to invest in Kansas City, Missouri—one of our clients’ favorite markets. Well-known for its contributions to the musical styles of blues and jazz, the city is also noted for its Kansas City-style barbecue. And with over 200 fountains, it has been dubbed the “City of Fountains.” ...
Red-Hot, But Is It Sustainable?
We have all seen market cycles—the peaks, the dips, the flat lines. So what makes a real estate market stand out? Time. How long does it dip? How long does it climb? Does it follow other market trends? Why or why not? The answers to all of these are questions speak ...
The single-family house business in the Tampa area has investors scrambling for scraps for house purchasing opportunities. The multiple listing service (MLS) and mortgage foreclosures are where most investors begin their search. Multiple bids on various opportunities put sellers in the position to sound the bell for highest and best ...
The convergence of two important trends—the improving U.S. real estate market and growing interest in self-directed retirement savings plans—presents an opportunity for people saving for their post-working years. Self-directed IRAs give you the freedom to invest in a wider range of assets, including real estate. The following data from clients ...
San Diego is a coastal town with more than 140 sunny days, low humidity and very few mosquitos. Ocean-access properties always seem to weather the storms and are the first to come out of a recession. The rent prices have increased 13.6 percent between the 3rd quarter of 2014 and ...
Another sign—if you need it—that the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area is a prime target for real estate investors is this: DFW has only around two months of resale housing inventory available for sale. This is truly a seller’s (and smart investor’s) market. DFW housing is being squeezed by three unrelenting ...
Seriously Underwater Property Numbers Decline
ATTOM Data Solutions’ recently released Q2 2016 U.S. Home Equity and Underwater Report shows 6,666,622 seriously underwater properties. That number represents 11.9 percent of all U.S. properties with a mortgage as of the end of the second quarter 2016—down from 12.0 percent in the previous quarter and down from 13.3 ...
Trends in Real Estate: Urbanization, Changing Office Usage
Certain American cities are seeing prices rise; others are starting to cool. Some broader demographic trends have continued, though—urbanization is on the upswing, and urban office usage patterns are changing. Home Buyers Want Cities No less than Robert Shiller—a 2013 Nobel laureate in economics, professor of economics at Yale University ...
Home Values Higher in ZIP Codes With Good Schools
Homes in ZIP codes with at least one good elementary school have higher values and stronger home price appreciation over the long term than homes in ZIP codes without any good elementary schools, where homes lost more value during the housing downturn but have seen stronger appreciation during the housing ...
Median Home Price Hits All-Time High
Single-family homes and condos sold for a median price of $231,000 in June 2016, up 6 percent from the previous month and up 9 percent from a year ago to a new all-time high — 1 percent above the previous peak of $228,000 in July 2005, according to ATTOM Data ...
35 Best ‘Bad’ Neighborhoods to Buy a Home
Many down-and-out neighborhood housing markets across the country are on the rebound, thanks to a confluence of market forces working in their favor. Tight inventory of homes for sale, combined with a dearth of new homebuilding, is convincing buyers and investors to reconsider buying in what they once might have ...
Labor Force Ahead Will Have Far-Reaching Impact
A surge in retirees (people turning 65) will slow the growth of workers in the United States. In 2000, 2 million people turned 65; 3.5 million did in 2016; and 4.0 million will in 2021. Even with a higher than usual rate of retiree-aged people working, U.S. economic growth will almost certainly remain ...
Vanilla Ice and Kevin O’Leary Headlining Think Realty Global Conference in San Francisco
July 14, 2016 - Kansas City, MO | San Francisco, CA –Think Realty, based in Kansas City, Missouri, is presenting their global conference for real estate investors and industry professionals August 11-13 at the Parc 55 Hilton in San Francisco, CA. Featured keynote speakers include rapper, producer, and DIY Network ...
Foreclosure Filings in First Six Months of 2016 Drop 11 Percent from a Year Ago
RealtyTrac’s Midyear 2016 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report shows a total of 533,813 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings—default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions—in the first six months of 2016, down 20 percent from the previous six months and down 11 percent from the first six months of 2015. The report, ...
