Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

One issue is that among the low inventory, there are even fewer homes that are move-in ready, said Keith Lind, executive chairman and president of Acra Lending. “We We actually have a lower inventory of homes that people really want to live in turnkey,” Lind said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

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 In addition, any reprieve in the housing inventory shortage created by more multifamily units hitting the market is expected to be short-lived.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Institutional real estate investors — often mammoth operators with ties to Wall Street — gobbled up record amounts of inventory in almost every corner of the pandemic-induced fever dream that was the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception: distressed properties sold at foreclosure auction. Renovating Right.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Key non-QM products for 2025 Before 2025 continues, lenders should arm themselves with the right tools for tackling the market: Investor loans Investing is the vehicle to success for homeowners in the market. million, so its primed and ready to meet the needs of most property investors. How are real estate investors responding?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The claim by the authors that single-family rental home companies “swoop up much of the inventory” of homes from potential homebuyers is, in fact, not supported by the data in any way, shape, or form. of the nation’s total housing inventory. Rather, large companies own less than 1.5%

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Acra Lending is doing what it can to help free up inventory. By working with borrowers in unusual circumstances, Acra is helping create opportunities for inventory to open up. In addition to low inventory, the massive competition in the market has led to an increase in home prices. 3-month bank statement. Jumbo products.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The single-family rental (SFR) sector and its close cousin, the fix-and-flip market , are now essentially treading water in an environment of high interest rates , approaching 8%; high home prices; and a dearth of home-purchase inventory. That’s particularly true for mom-and-pop investors across both market segments.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

To make matters worse, some of that inventory is extremely dated. As investors recognize the potential these older properties hold and the inventory and profits they could open up in such a red-hot housing market, demand for older, more distressed properties should increase.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2024

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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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

presentation to investors in the blank-check SPAC that took the company public in 2020. Offerpad is an instant buyer, or iBuyer, a company that gives sellers cash offers for their homes and attempts to resell the homes for a profit, sometimes after making renovations. “The largest, undisrupted market in the U.S.,”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A group of investors led by Colorado-based fund manager Proprietary Capital has completed the acquisition of multichannel lender American Financial Resources (AFR), the parties announced on Monday. The financials of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

“It’s oddly enough in states where people are leaving,” said Florida-based real estate investor Paul Lizell of the markets where he is more focused on acquiring investment properties in 2024. I’m still focusing on those markets with very low (retail) inventory. It’s very, very market dependent right now. Heat map link. in Q1 2023.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 25, 2024

The report further reveals that as the number of homes flipped by investors declined, so did flips as a portion of all home sales, from 8.6% In yet another sign of down times for the home-flipping industry, profits and profit margins also sank on quick buy-renovate-and-resell projects. in 2022 to 8.1%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We’re just trying to move inventory quickly,” said Lee Kearney, a Tampa, Florida-based real estate investor who has an inventory of between 15 and 20 homes for sale at any given time. “If High-volume home sellers are in a bit of a pickle in today’s market thanks to rapidly rising mortgage rates last year.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2022

This data shows early signs of a slowdown in the retail housing market in June that was anticipated by real estate investors buying properties at foreclosure auction in March. These two key foreclosure auction metrics show a clear shift in March toward more conservative bidding behavior, both in terms of max offers and buy box for investors.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

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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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Atlas Real Estate and DivcoWest declared last week that they will spend $1 billion “acquiring and renovating homes in high-growth states including Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah,” according to a press release. billion equity infusion from investors including Centerbridge and Allianz Real Estate.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 24, 2024

While home flipping decreased rapidly from the third quarter of 2022 to the fourth quarter of 2023, due to lack of inventory, it saw a slight rebound in the first quarter of this year, according to ATTOM’s U.S. Home Flipping Report. Gross profits on typical flips around the country, meanwhile, increased to $72,375.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The amount of equity in these loans, the underwriting, the guardrails around ATR have proven that this is a real, sustainable product that investors like.”. New construction has been hit hard by supply chain disruptions and materials and labor shortages, and inventory of existing homes is tight. Refinance decline.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2022

The new facilities are revolving, and we borrow only what we use to add inventory, where we continue to apply our disciplined approach to underwriting homes,” a spokesperson said. “In Offerpad is a six-year-old company founded by its current CEO Brian Bair, a longtime real estate investor.

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 14, 2024

In a landscape marked by limited turnkey housing inventory, significant affordability issues, and relentless competition from cash-rich investors, homebuyers need more than plain vanilla home loans. But, first-time homebuyers can be leery of taking on renovations, especially if they are tight on cash.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2023

On another front, Zelman & Associates , per news reports , estimates that institutional investors as of yearend 2022 had dedicated some $110 billion to acquire or build SFR homes, a sign there is still plenty of money available for dealmaking ahead. Homebuyers have been sitting on the sidelines.” That was down from 6.6%

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2021

After we buy and renovate those homes, we know we’ll be able to sell them because there are so many more buyers in the market right now than there are homes available.” The company also received a $200 million commitment from private equity investors BlackRock and Zimmer Partners. ” Road to the one-click mortgage.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2021

This bodes well for those still looking to refinance, renovate or even purchase a new home.”. Economists and investors are waiting for any indication that the Federal Reserve may begin tapering its asset purchases. A year ago at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 2.88%.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2022

It’s positive news for an industry that has recently dealt with a lackluster amount of inventory. Demand for non-qualified mortgages (non-QMs) — loans for borrowers who fall outside the traditional conforming loan credit box, such as self-employed borrowers, gig workers and real estate investors, is not going away any time soon, LOs said. “In

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

The increasing share of owner-occupant buyers is also evidence that extremely tight housing inventory is prompting more retail buyers to take on the additional challenges that come with buying a distressed property at auction. They are able to pay with cash, take on bigger renovations and provide current occupants with a graceful exit.

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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. Sell to Other Investors Using Roofstock Marketplace. This means you don’t have to do any renovations or even very much negotiating.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

I can also provide expert advice about renovations and the potential return on investment — where to get the biggest bang for your buck — or simply answer any questions you have about the market. Many of us are in sellers’ markets with very low inventory. Inventory is extremely low, and the competition is fierce.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2021

Using another new tool, called “Raveis Refresh,” WRRE prepares the home for sale by making any necessary upgrades and renovations to maximize the home’s value and ensure that it sells above market average and quickly. Its agents are tasked with marketing and selling the home, using their local expertise, Raveis said. .

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“The premise of a mortgage rate lockdown is simple: so many American households have such low mortgage rates that some will never move once rates rise, which then locks up housing inventory,” said Logan Mohtashami, Lead Analyst at HousingWire. million, below the 2019 range of 1.52 million to 1.93

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

As a mortgage banker who does business solely in New Jersey, Gallo expects to see home equity loans and mortgage loans getting love in the new year — due primarily to the lack of inventory in his market and the equity built up in owners’ homes. “People always know people [who are] buying.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Real estate investors may find this tool to be helpful when researching what properties and neighborhoods to invest in. The market trend evaluation tool tracks price changes and inventory levels while comparing it to buyer demand, allowing the user to gain insights into a property’s investment potential.

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

Even if they are completely renovated, they are still not considered to be new. During the Great Recession, home prices were falling rapidly due to an over-supply of inventory, which was out of the control of individual homeowners. The invasion of institutional investors in the housing market – Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Patch of Land

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Patch of Land's CMO, Robert Greenberg, is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council and recently shared his thoughts on new development opportunities for Fix and Flip investors. With a tightening housing supply, and increased demand, what are investors to do? As Reuters reported in early 2018, housing inventory across the U.S.

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Eppraisal

OCTOBER 31, 2023

These indicators paint a picture of the imbalance between supply and demand:  ●      Real estate inventory: High housing inventory means few properties are changing hands in your area and gives buyers control in the market. Pay attention to rental inventory, too.

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Patch of Land

OCTOBER 26, 2018

But, investors continue to find deals and set records while increasingly tapping the debt markets to finance their flips. The new lenders in the space have made financing more competitive, leading to better interest rates for real estate investors seeking financing for their deals. “I Flips purchased with financing rise to 9.5-year

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Listing Spark

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Real estate markets across the country are normalizing, but the industry is still incredibly profitable for new and experienced property investors. However, finding specific properties is still a challenge for investors, even in these lucrative markets. The first barrier many investors encounter is finding properties.

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