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A recent article from CNBC described the status of the housing market, and it brought out some insights that could prove to be great signs for the investor market. According to the article, the U.S. is approaching a 15-year low in home ownership, however the housing market seems to be recovering. How does this happen? [...]
Did you know the housing market is turning around so quickly that some parts of the country actually have a housing shortage? The latest reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and industry experts state that the housing market has turned the corner, and its recovery is picking up speed. [...]
How attractive is the residential real estate market? As is turns out, very much so. Cash-flow opportunities are so plentiful in the real estate investment market, that even commercial real estate companies are jumping in and buying up properties. The Blackstone Group has purchased $250 million worth of foreclosed single-family homes to rent out, as [...]
In late June, a new report released by TransUnion shed some light on the increasingly attractive real estate investor market. Among the study’s findings, 48% of property managers surveyed say rental prices are rising, 83% say their vacancy rates are less than 5%, more than 70% say they have no vacancy at all. These factors [...]
Did you know there were a million new opportunities for investors to cash flow in 2011 alone? The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ “2012 State of the Nation’s Housing Report” stated the number of renter households grew by 1 million in 2011 and it’s the largest increase since the 1980s. The number of home [...]
Last month, Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies released their State of the Nation’s Housing report. In the report, there is significant data detailing the growing gap between the affordability of buying a home and renting one. Since 2008, the cost of buying a home has continued to decrease and has become less expensive [...]
You probably already know that rentership is on the rise (and if you don’t, read this), but did you know that in more than 500 American cities, the percentage of homes for rent versus owner-occupied has increased? The question is: Is your city one of them? Some people look at this situation with pessimism. For [...]
There have been reports that deals on foreclosure inventory have been tougher to find since the “robo-signing” scandal took effect. According to CNN, some markets are seeing the number of properties coming to auction drop significantly. This information is invaluable to both the real estate investor and the investor agent. Knowing where the deals are [...]
According to the most recent Existing Home Sales Report from NAR, investors were responsible for 36% more transactions in October of 2010 than the previous year. Several factors could be the reason for increased investor confidence, including distressed properties offered at a discount and declining vacancy rates. Agents who can speak investors’ language are well [...]
Good news for investors: Fannie Mae recently reported that national vacancy rates for rental properties have steadily declined through 2010. Fannie also predicted an increase in home sales for 2011, and noted that distressed properties accounted for one-third of home sales in Q3 of 2010. Investors have a unique opportunity in today’s market to buy [...]
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