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The renovation ripple effect in underserved neighborhoods

Housing Wire

All four of those properties were in low-income and minority Census tracts, as defined by the Federal Housing Finance Agency ( FHFA ). Another 13% of buyers described themselves as owner-occupant buyers while, only 3% described themselves as institutional investors. I’m trying to make homes in certain areas livable again.

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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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SFR and fix-and-flip investors expect a better market in 2024

Housing Wire

The risky operating environment has been marked by volatile, high interest rates (with 30-year fixed rates now hovering around 7%), high financing costs and moderating rental rates as an influx of multifamily rental properties continues to come online across the country. In 2023, the landscape for home flipping across the U.S.

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Fix-and-flip investors are filling in the gaps in some housing markets: report

Housing Wire

Roughly 80% of real estate investors surveyed are selling single-family homes at or above asking price after fully renovating the properties to make them habitable, according to a report from real estate marketplace New Western. is lacking about 320,000 listings valued at the affordable range for middle-income buyers.

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Fix and flip market struggles as financing costs rise

Housing Wire

In fact, ATTOM reports that one in 12 home sales in the nation last year, or 8.4%, involved fix and flip investors — whose strategy is to acquire, renovate (fix) and then resell (flip) the properties. More investors keep looking to flip homes … but are making less and less in the process “ ATTOM CEO Rob Barber said.

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HUD launches manufactured home community loan program

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week announced the launch of a new program designed to allow for the purchase, refinance or renovation of manufactured housing under a loan program sponsored by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

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Biden tax credit to rehab homes is finally unveiled

Housing Wire

Investors who acquire and renovate older homes could claim the credit on their federal tax returns, as long as the home is sold to and occupied by an eligible buyer. In order for investors to qualify for the credit, buyers must make no more than 140% of area median income. The renovations would be on a budget, however.