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Technology’s role in rental property investment market

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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. Among the variety of investment opportunities within the sector, rental properties have been in the spotlight as a steady income source.

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Opinion: Many mission-based landlords are at a breaking point

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At the same time, the nation’s affordable housing stock is aging and desperately needs investment. Largely nonprofits, mission-based landlords provide affordable housing as a tool for systemic change, including advancing racial equity, reducing economic disparities, and strengthening community resiliency.

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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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DataDigest: New data shows how brokerages, agents, landlords & homebuilders were reshaped by the pandemic

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Business Dynamic Statistics data reveal that 2021 was a year of major growth for homebuilders but steep contraction for landlords (called “lessors” in the BDS). Lessors The picture was far less rosy for real estate lessors (typically landlords and real estate investment trusts ) in 2021.

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Bain Capital gains majority stake in residential investment lender Archwest Capital

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We are pleased to partner with Shawn and the Archwest team to deliver dynamic financing solutions to home builders , renovators and landlords who are expanding and improving the critically undersupplied U.S. 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

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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

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

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Broadly speaking, the market cooled for both investment buyers and owner-occupied buyers. Investment buyers purchased on average 81,000 homes, a 25% decline in activity when compared with the purchase activity observed in Q4 2021. Large investors (those with 101 to 1,000 properties) represented 8% of all investor purchases.”

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