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Investors bought one in six homes sold in Q2 2024: Redfin

Housing Wire

housing market may have slowed during the second quarter of the year, investors did not take their foot off the gas. The number of home purchases by investors rose 3.4% While investors are still sensitive to mortgage rate changes, they are less sensitive than consumer buyers as 69% of investors pay in cash.

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Opinion: Investors play key role in providing affordable housing options

Housing Wire

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. But, who are these investors? To be precise, the average U.S.

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Knox Financial announces $10 million in Series A funding

Housing Wire

Other investors included Greycroft, Pillar VC, 2LVC, and Gaingels. When we launched Knox in March 2019, we set out to give everyone, from middle-class homeowners to seasoned landlords, a hands-off, predictable, and lucrative way to build wealth through investment property,” said David Friedman, Knox CEO. That’s $14.7

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Bain Capital gains majority stake in residential investment lender Archwest Capital

Housing Wire

Global asset manager Bain Capital announced Monday that it has acquired a controlling stake in Archwest Capital , a California -based company that offers financing to residential real estate investors. Its product mix includes fix-and-flip loans, bridge loans and construction loans.

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Real estate investment leaders talk build-to-rent homes and affordability solutions

Housing Wire

Mullen explains that in the 1980s, investment firms focused on securitizing small assets to make them available for institutional investors. He also mentions Pretium’s evolution from targeting single-family rentals to other assets, with a greater focus on technology and operational efficiency to better serve landlords and tenants.

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Single-family rental market slammed by headwinds

Housing Wire

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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Inventory needs to increase to balance housing market: Fed Beige Book

Housing Wire

High inflation has reduced consumers’ purchasing power, which has led to weakened sales and construction across all 12 Federal Reserve districts. Housing markets continued to weaken, with sales and construction declining across [all 12 Federal Reserve] districts,” according to the Federal Reserve Beige Book released on Wednesday.

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