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Technology’s role in rental property investment market

Housing Wire

rental sector has benefitted most landlords in this country, from larger multifamily investors to smaller mom-and-pop owners. Real estate investments have long been a key pathway to wealth in the U.S. Individual investors own about 70% of rental properties in the U.S., as compared to the previous year. according to U.S.

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Real estate investors have a ‘cautiously optimistic’ outlook: survey

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Single-family rental (SFR) investors are worried about the rising cost of home insurance, but the majority expect to buy more properties in the next year as mortgage rates cool and home-price growth subsides. That’s the conclusion from a survey of 235 single-family landlords in late June and early July.

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Mom-and-pop landlords stepping in as ‘mega-investors’ retreat from single-family market

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Single-family home purchase demand by investors remained steady in the fourth quarter of 2022, despite a dip in iBuying and larger investor demand, according to a report released this month by CoreLogic. Broadly speaking, the market cooled for both investment buyers and owner-occupied buyers.

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

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Pretium is a real estate investment firm that focuses on single-family rental (SFR), build-to-rent (BTR) and fix-and-flip properties. Mullen explains that in the 1980s, investment firms focused on securitizing small assets to make them available for institutional investors. Mullen shares that the company raised $1.5

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

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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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Bain Capital gains majority stake in residential investment lender Archwest Capital

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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. The firm is also a major investor in Hometap , one of the larger players in the home equity investment space.

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Proptech Parcl offers real estate investing without liquidity

Housing Wire

Blockchain-based real estate platform Parcl is betting people want a piece of the real estate pie so badly customers are willing to invest in an emerging, small slice of the market: a digital square foot of real estate. Not only are customers investing in Parcl’s product, but the company itself also recently secured funding of $7.5