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Study Reveals Renting is Cheaper than Owning in Every State
Homeowners are spending more money per month than renters in every U.S. state, according to a recent CNBC report. While price differences vary from state-to-state, homeowners with a mortgage are spending more each month than renters in all 50 states, the report found, citing data from the U.S. Census Bureau ...
Billions of Dollars are Heading Toward ‘PropTech’
There’s a phrase in journalism to verify reporting and find the truth: “Follow the money.” The motto also applies to venture capital funding to determine what innovations are poised to emerge and wreak havoc on stagnant industries beholden to their status quos. So when you look at real estate, see ...
Zillow: After 44-Month Drop, Home Inventories are Starting to Grow
To the joy of prospective buyers, home inventories are finally starting to grow around the country. U.S. home inventories increased 1.2 percent from a year ago, according to a recent report from Zillow Research. “January marked the reversal of a longstanding trend in the housing market,” Zillow wrote. “A ...
Probate Properties are a Growing Opportunity for Investors
*Sponsored Content A common concern among residential real estate investors is that there are too many people working the same leads. We frequently hear investors say they are having a hard time finding properties that are good for investing. The number of probate leads available each month, however, continues to ...
Report: Freddie Mac Reports Fixed-Rate Mortgages Hit 12-month low
Fixed mortgage rates have reached a 12-month low, according to a report from Freddie Mac. Freddie on Thursday released results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which found that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages have hit their lowest levels since early 2018. “The combination of cooling inflation and slower global economic growth ...
Report: Foreclosures and Delinquencies at Lowest levels in 10 years, expected to rise in 2019
Mortgage delinquency rates and foreclosures have dropped to their lowest rates in 10 years, according to a recent CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights report. The report found that 4.1 percent of U.S. mortgages were in a stage of delinquency in November 2018, representing a 1.1 percentage point decline in the overall ...
Veteran Plots Rally Point to Help Soldiers Transition into Civilian Life
As old as warfare is in the course of human history so has been man’s need for shelter. And if Marine veteran Andy Williams has anything to do with it, those who excel in the first shall solve man’s problem with the latter. Two years ago, Think Realty profiled Andy ...
As Mortgage Rates Dip, Buyers May See a Rosier 2019 Market
We may only be six weeks in, but 2019 appears to be shaping up as a better year for buyers than 2018. Setting the stage for solid springtime sales, 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates recently hit a 10-month low, according to Freddie Mac. “The U.S. economy remains on solid ground, ...
The Next Generation of Renters are Knocking at Your Door – Are You Prepared?
As a new generation enters adulthood and dives into renting their first homes, one question should be percolating for landlords and property managers across the U.S. "Am I ready?" Generation Z — the generation following millennials that were born between the mid-1990s to mid-2000s — are not only tech-savvy but ...
Number of Equity-Rich Properties Hit Record High in 2018
Despite signs of a cooling market, the number of “equity-rich” properties hit an all-time-high in 2018. In the fourth quarter of 2018, there were roughly 14.5 million equity-rich properties — an increase of more than 834,000 from a year ago, which is its highest rate since the data started being tracked ...
Attracting Quality Tenants Through Online Reviews
*Sponsored content Everybody looks at online reviews. Market research in consumer behavior documents 88 percent of individuals will consult a review before making a purchasing decision. And individuals give reviews the same credibility they would if consulting a friend or family member. In the property management world, businesses are not ...
Zillow: Percentage of Homes Selling Above List Price Plunges
All good things must end. Or at least that seems to be the case for real estate investors that have savored years of progressively more homes selling above their listed price, Zillow found in a new analysis. The share of homes that sold above list price plummeted in the latter ...
Taste of Texas: San Antonio Real Estate Market
In this article, we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. ‘Alamo City’ Takes Aim at Housing A recent report by the San Antonio mayor’s Housing Policy Task Force claims that the home of the ...
Report Finds The Ten Hottest Housing Markets of 2018
As forecasters predict a slower 2019, many real estate investors are still celebrating roaring growth for the housing market in 2018. But while the U.S. saw home values grow on average by about 7.7 percent from 2017 to 2018, some markets were bigger winners than others, according to research from ...
PeerStreet Partners with Liquid Logics to Accelerate Loan Origination
The rapidly-growing proptech firm PeerStreet is partnering with a software heavyweight to build a faster, more transparent marketplace for private lenders and accredited investors. Based in Manhattan Beach, California, PeerStreet will integrate Liquid Logics’ software to accelerate loan origination, thereby creating more opportunities for lenders to sell their loans to ...
Taste of Texas: Houston Real Estate Market
In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. Weathering the Market in ‘Space City’ Despite the damage inflicted when it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in August 2017, Houston weathered ...
Dig Deep with Data to Find Your Next Investment Market
You’re waiting at your dentist’s office and you see a financial magazine. The headline grabs your attention — “Top 10 Markets for Real Estate Investors.” The article lists markets with rising rents and markets with strong appreciation. But, it is of little help because everyone knows that past performance is ...
Report: Home Sellers Revel in Record-Breaking Gains of 2018
Home sellers enjoyed record-breaking gains in 2018 for average home price returns since purchase, according to ATTOM Data Solutions. In 2018, home sellers saw an average home price gain since purchase of $61,000, up from $50,000 in 2017 and up from $39,500 in 2016, according to ATTOM. The U.S. median ...
Sabal Capital Kicks Off New Commercial Loan Offering
Sabal Capital Partners is offering a new commercial real estate loan program that aims to meet the growing demand for a single-source lender overseeing the total life of a loan. The company announced the program on Monday as a means for commercial real estate investors to manage loans from term ...
Five Steps to Smart Multifamily Investing
Homeownership rates have fallen in recent years due to rising home values and stricter underwriting standards. As a result of this and the increase in the number of people 34 years of age and younger, the prime age range for rentals, more U.S. households are renting than at any point ...
Taste of Texas: El Paso Real Estate Market
In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. A Safe Bet in ‘Sun City’ Known as the “Sun City” for its sunny days most of the year, El Paso is a popular ...
Taste of Texas: Dallas Real Estate Market
In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. Going big in Dallas Known as “The Big D,” the Dallas metro area had the largest population growth of any metro area in ...
Firm Commits 100,000 Hours of Community Services to Hurricane-Ravaged New Bern
When you searched “New Bern, North Carolina” years ago, you’d turn up fun historical facts or photos of the quaint town of 30,000 people. Now, the results aren’t so rosy. Peppered among visitor's information are images of Hurricane Florence’s devastation, stories of stranded people and data on the millions of ...
Opportunity Zones: Prime Investing Opportunities in Amazon HQ2 Markets
The new Opportunity Zones created by the tax reform legislation passed in December 2017 provide real estate investors with prime, tax-incented investing opportunities, particularly if they can find zones that are in the path of progress. The newly announced Amazon HQ2 markets certainly qualify as being in the path of ...
Taste of Texas: Austin Real Estate Market
Everything’s big in Texas, including the foreclosure auctions. A total of 27,324 Texas properties were scheduled for public foreclosure auction in the first 11 months of 2018, the most of any state and accounting for one in 10 scheduled foreclosure auctions nationwide, according to ATTOM Data Solutions. Texas foreclosure auctions ...
