Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Lease-purchase arrangements are receiving renewed attention from legislators looking for ways to make homeownership more accessible, and theyre a great way to help buyers who cant qualify for a traditional mortgage or pony up the money needed for a down payment. But that doesnt mean there arent risks involved for potential purchasers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

Investors provide capital necessary for many families to fulfill their aspirations of living in a house whether renting or owning. How can investors help with homeownership? Let’s switch gears and consider how investors help with home ownership. of all flipped homes in Q3 2021 went to FHA buyers. were built before 1980.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

If you were to take an inventory of deals which came out, a majority of the deals have been investor [investment property] … deals, and the prime jumbo deals have been very far and few in between.”. We are starting to see some indication of a resurgence in investor-loan issuance backed by agency-eligible loans,” the MAXEX report states.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While mortgage rates have been trending lower, rates are still higher than 12 months ago, but some experts anticipate that the downward pressure on rates will provide opportunities for buyers. Investors are betting that the economic slowdown and the Fed’s eventual victory over inflation will result in lower rates over time,” Fratantoni said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

But recently a new factor is accelerating the problem — massive purchases of single-family homes by larger investors. In Texas, for example, major institutional investors bought 28% of the single-family homes sold in 2021. Nationally, institutional investors are buying over 13% of homes, and that share is increasing.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2024

Manufactured housing has a lower entry point than other types of homes and is helping many buyers to get their foot in the door, the report noted. This allows people to become homebuyers as well as investors, a more common strategy in recent years that is known as “house hacking,” the report stated.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2023

In addition, secondary market investors continue to show interest in well-underwritten, higher-rate loans secured by single-family rental properties. It looks to be about 50% investor properties,” Ben Hunsaker said of the planned NRMLT offering. Still, it’s far from all good news for nonbank lenders.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Today, homes are selling faster than usual because of the shortage of inventory and high buyer demand. Investment homes often take longer to sell because your audience is other investors. If your house is priced too high, it will turn buyers off, but if it’s too low, people may wonder what’s wrong with it. Consider a Short Sale.

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Housing Wire

JULY 9, 2024

In addition, her office alleges that EasyKnock violated some of Massachusetts’ landlord-tenant laws. million seed funding round in 2018 that included $100 million in new debt funding from investors including Montage Ventures , Crestar Partners and Blumberg Capital. The platform closed a $3.5

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2022

“With today’s rising interest rates, combined with inflation, prospective buyers have seen their buying power reduced greatly,” said Sean Dobson, chief executive officer at Amherst Holdings. Fewer buyers in the market also means homebuilders are enticing shoppers with incentives, which negatively affects margins.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Still, even in this difficult-to-agonizing supply-challenged housing market, SFR and fix-and-flip investors, which both target existing-home inventory, are still finding ways to make a profit — at a thin margin in most cases, but a profit, nonetheless. That’s particularly true for mom-and-pop investors across both market segments.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2023

Institutional SFR investors acquired one of every 19 single-family homes and condos in the first quarter of 2023, representing 5.4% That, in turn, could flatten out rent increases and put greater financial pressures on [SFR] landlords.” of all purchases, according to ATTOM. However, that purchase rate is down from 6.6%

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

The hole gets filled by institutional and wealthier buyers who rent the houses to losing families, or more affluent families will purchase the property to expand their home size. But they cap how much an investor-lender can benefit from increasing home value. Today’s income and property distributions echo in that pit.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 19, 2023

In turn, builders are offering concessions, such as offering lower-priced products and less costly features, in hopes of luring in buyers to the market, the report noted. Landlord concessions have also somewhat increased. Brokers noted that the softer market is (slowly) shifting back toward a balance between buyer and seller.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Most investors are already wondering what it would take for the central bank to lift rates again later this year. of these investors bet officials will freeze the rate hike at the November 1st meeting. Additionally, apartment construction is strong , which puts an additional pressure on landlords to avoid vacancy.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 24, 2021

This process has appraisers review location, condition, and other variables so they can assess whether buyers will be interested. If you want to be a real estate investor, you wouldn’t necessarily purchase multiple single-family properties when you could fit more tenants into one building. That’s why multifamily homes exist.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The new product is RealSure Buy, which – similar to the emerging world of “power buyers” – assists potential homebuyers make a cash offer, but it will not launch until sometime in 2022. Chicago-based Home Partners is a corporate landlord that gives tenants an option to eventually buy their home.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The customized nature of the loan and related collateral may limit the universe of buyers willing to purchase the loan in a distressed situation, and substantial workout negotiations may be required to restructure the loan,” the report states. For example, in the third quarter of 2021 alone, institutional investors bought 42.8%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In a rate-rising environment where it has become more difficult for first-time buyers to get into the market, borrowers won’t have to deal with a file that has an MCR for six months. Even after the six-month period is over, the borrower’s case number would still be attached to his/her social security number.

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Housing Wire

JULY 29, 2024

The renter is presented with results they are prequalified for that fit their criteria and the app connects them with landlords/property managers. Basically an AI mentor to hold the investor’s hand through the process and surfaces opportunities and resources. Awarded most promising use case of gen AI for user experience.

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Hank Miller Team

MARCH 9, 2022

Zillow crashed in spectacular fashion, other iBuyers dabbled grew their presence a bit more and institutional investors decided they really love single family homes. Atlanta has always been an investor darling, but over the last couple of years activity has exponentially increased. "They" Ownership rates peaked at 69.2

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In a B&B market, buyers have choices, sales move at a reasonable pace without bidding wars, and the whole home-buying experience is less stressful and more sane. This is not due to a massive credit boom or exotic loan products contaminating the market with excess risk — it’s the lack of choice for buyers. The X factor.

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Robinson Appraisal Group

JULY 17, 2023

The low inventory of available homes combined with high interest rates has made it difficult for potential buyers to find an affordable home in the area. Landlords are also not willing to sell. Maryland is facing a serious housing shortage that is impacting the entire state, but especially the Baltimore Metropolitan area.

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The Robert Weiler Company

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Also, find out what benefits the new tax bill brought to the commercial real estate industry, particularly for Ohio investors; these benefits might motivate you to make that buy decision quicker than you thought! For CRE investors, the cap rate is a way to determine the property’s ROI potential.

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Mashvisor

MAY 30, 2021

While many property sellers, buyers, and real estate professionals act professionally and keep the law for the most part, illegal real estate practices still occur every day. As a real…

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Robinson Appraisal Group

MARCH 22, 2018

Another hurdle is that builders do not tend to build homes for the entry level buyer. And lastly…the all mighty investor. Landlords do not want to sell: millions of homes were purchased by investors during the foreclosure crisis and rents continue to rise faster than home prices.

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Empire Appraisal Group

JUNE 2, 2022

The current market, where higher prices and other factors are not resulting in a slowdown, is moving away from market fundamentals, they found, suggesting that buyer exuberance, in the form of fear of missing out, is driving the current trend. From there, they marked what time periods had significant levels of buyer exuberance.

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McKissock

APRIL 19, 2022

The more transactions they complete, the more likely they are to be seen as someone a buyer or seller would like to work with. Many renters need help almost as much as buyers. By gaining local knowledge and insight, agents can confidently engage with potential buyers and sellers. Thus, new agents are at a disadvantage.

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The Robert Weiler Company

JANUARY 27, 2023

The Intel Factor Thanks in no small measure to Intel’s decision to build two $20 billion chip manufacturing plants in Licking County, already thousands of commercial land investors are beginning to buy up nearby industrial land for sale and other types of commercial land.

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Listing Spark

AUGUST 17, 2023

FHA loans are becoming an increasingly popular option for buyers all across the home market. However, property investors and house flippers can run up against the requirements for FHA loans in ways that present unexpected obstacles. Buyers who are pre-approved for an FHA loan must comply with the FHA 90-day flipping rule.

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The Robert Weiler Company

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

And undeveloped land is increasingly attractive for investors after favorable reports from the Ohio REALTORS®. Our land brokers anticipate steady demand from land buyers, other CRE investors, land developers, and tenants in Ohio, Central Ohio, and Columbus, Ohio. Surges in Residential and Commercial Real Estate, and Land Sales.

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The Robert Weiler Company

AUGUST 30, 2023

For commercial real estate investors, it may seem like a no-brainer. You would be surprised by how many seasoned commercial real estate investors do not think of some of these tactics. A Commercial Real Estate Investor’s Top 10 List of Hustling Tips: Scour the Internet for commercial real estate listings.

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Clear Capital

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

He doesn’t represent buyers and sellers, like a traditional agent. And they’re a proptech startup that’s challenging outdated practices to improve the rental experience for tenants and landlords alike. Now on the landlord side — and by the way, this this product is not necessarily new. Daniel Mishin .

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Mashvisor

JUNE 28, 2021

You shouldn’t worry as it’s still possible to find buyers when putting off market… Are you looking to sell your property but feel overwhelmed with the process of marketing it?

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Hank Miller Team

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

To home buyers, it is just another home. Are the sale proceeds needed for the next home Is it legal and permitted in the community Is it permitted by the mortgage and insurance company Is there an understanding of what being a landlord entails? Atlanta is also one of the top markets for institutional investors and corporate landlords.

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Eppraisal

JANUARY 17, 2023

Your decision will depend on the analysis, your rent and whether or not you are planning to be a landlord for the long-term. Real Estate Investors by Default Some homeowners became investors in the years following the 2008 crash because they were underwater when it came to the value of their homes.

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Will Springer Realtor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. Only buyers and sellers who must move are doing so. This suggests homes – while far fewer for sale than in recent years – are quickly being scooped up by those few available buyers. from July and up a mere 0.7%

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