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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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Fix-and-flip investors say they’re discouraged by higher mortgage rates, home prices

Housing Wire

As low inventory levels, elevated mortgage rates and rising home prices keep the housing industry stagnant, short-term real estate investors — aka fix-and-flippers — faced market turmoil during the third quarter of 2024. On a national scale, 46% of investors reported facing more competition for deals than expected.

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

Housing Wire

Still, despite the gloomy news of late for SFR and fix-and-flip investors, some industry experts see better fortunes ahead in 2024 for both sectors. “We That should help to unlock more inventory while also reducing financing costs for leveraged investors. In 2023, the landscape for home flipping across the U.S.

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Fix-and-flip profits fell in Q3 2024. Are investors leaving the market?

Housing Wire

Fix-and-flip investors took a hit in the third quarter of 2024 as flipped properties accounted for a smaller share of U.S. Short-term real estate investors saw a 28.7% Investor profits ramped down during the same time frame and now stand at roughly half of the mid-50% market peak in 2016. The Q3 2024 U.S. That represented 7.2%

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Compass’s title firm runs into trouble in Washington

Housing Wire

The Insurance Commissioner for the state of Washington apparently concluded that Modus offered real estate agents and their clients a “thing of value,” such as free home warranties, other closing-related services, in exchange for switching their escrow and title services to Modus. In all, Compass has lost $1.1 billion as of Dec.

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FHA updates portal to accommodate expansion of 203(k) loan program

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced late last week that the previously detailed updates and expansions to its 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program will be incorporated into updates for the FHA Connection (FHAC) portal. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The 203(k) offering has two separate programs.

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Top lender UWM debuts a 89.99% LTV, cash-out refinance. Is it worth the risk? 

Housing Wire

UWM has debuted a new cash-out refi product without mortgage insurance. On Wednesday, UWM unveiled a new cash-out refinance product —dubbed Cash-Out 90—that allows borrowers to refinance with a loan-to-value ratio of up to 89.99% without requiring mortgage insurance (MI). Is the juice worth the squeeze?

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