Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

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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Housing Wire

MARCH 5, 2025

Real estate investors bought fewer homes in the fourth quarter of 2024, with purchases falling to the lowest level for any fourth quarter since 2016, according to a new report from Redfin. Investors purchased 47,004 homes during the quarter, marking a 3.9% Florida leads the investor pullback Investors accounted for 17.1%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

To get a better idea of what investors might be most closely interested in with these results, along with the outlook for these companies and the industry, HousingWire ’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) sat down with UBS equity research analyst Douglas Harter. They also mentioned the proprietary product suite at their company as a bright spot.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

According to study data published by RentRedi , most American real estate investors intend to increase their portfolios and make large investments in renovating their existing properties in 2025, exhibiting a strong growth mindset. The post Investors Embracing Expansion of Real Estate Portfolios first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

real estate investors are planning to grow their portfolios and invest significantly in property improvements in 2025, according to a new survey from property management software provider RentRedi. A majority of U.S. he survey, conducted during a two-week period in November 2024, found that 59% of U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this HousingWire Executive Conversation, Tom Davis, Chief Sales Officer at Deephaven , discusses the opportunities in the non-QM investor loan space as we head into the new year. Tom Davis: Investor transactions are still close to 28% of the overall purchase market. Many investors prefer to close in the name of an LLC.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Real estate investor sentiment rose 16% from the prior quarter and 60% of surveyed investors view the current housing market more favorably than a year ago. But there was a noteworthy divide between short-term fix-and-flip investors and long-term buy-and-hold investors when it came to market sentiment and outlook.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The share of single-family homes sold to investors peaked at nearly 30% at the start of this year, but these types of transactions dropped significantly in the ensuing six months, according to a CoreLogic report released Wednesday. Investor purchases began to decline in March 2024 and by June represented 23.4% of all U.S. home sales.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 16, 2024

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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Optimal Blue on Monday announced three major product releases — the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant suite, the introduction of Scenario Optimizer, and the free availability of Investor Pricing Insight to investor clients. ” The announcements were made at MBA Annual in Denver. .”

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Foreign investors can help fill the buyer gap Florida remains the top destination for foreign buyers, with 20% of all foreign buyers purchasing in the state, according to the 2024 NAR report. This is an interesting statistic to watch because foreign investors face different barriers to buying than their domestic counterparts.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

From wildfires to hurricanes, floods and earthquakes, each crisis tests a servicers ability to manage compliance, borrower support and investor expectations. Investor protection: Transparency and compliance during disaster recovery Servicers also must safeguard their investors interests by delivering timely, accurate reporting.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Swiss bank UBS Group AG has decided to sell Credit Suisse ’s mortgage servicing company, Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS), to a group of investors led by Sixth Street , HousingWire has learned. Investment firm Davidson Kempner Capital Management is a co-investor.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

fell in 2024, continuing a downward trend as real estate investors grapple with tight profit margins. Home Flipping Report, investors flipped 297,885 single-family homes and condominiums last year. The home-flipping industry saw investors shy away even more in 2024 amid the extended period of languishing profits. a year earlier.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 20, 2025

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 8.1% Gross profits on typical home flips in 2024 increased to $72,000 nationwide (the difference between the median sales price and the median amount originally paid by investors). in 2023 to 7.6%

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

It also includes capital from existing investors that include angel investor Andrew Dodge, Related Companiess Christopher Schmidt, and SERHANT. Finally, RLYT Health leverages a partnership with United Healthcare affiliate HealthcareMarkets to provide health benefits. Ventures, SERHANT.s education division.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Mortgage technology startup Novaprime is making its public debut with the launch of an AI-powered loan platform that it claims allows lenders to sell loans to investors in just days, instead of weeks, all with a high degree of accuracy. Novaprime is starting with post-close quality control functions and working backwards. That adds up.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The top states identified reflect a combination of favorable home price trends and affordability, making them appealing for both long-term homeowners and investors. The Best States for Homebuyers in 2024 ConsumerAffairs analysis ranks states with strong market resilience, potential for value appreciation, and affordability.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Business delinquency rates for five of the biggest investor groupscommercial banks and thrifts, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), life insurance companies, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Macare examined in MBAs quarterly analysis. These groups collectively own almost 80 percent of the outstanding debt from commercial mortgages.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 8, 2025

Among buyer types, institutional investors were the most likely to expect increasing property purchases in 2025 (85%) compared to 71% for owner-occupant buyers, and 62% for local community developers. The share of buyers surveyed who described themselves as institutional investors was just 4%, up slightly from 3% in 2024.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Tomo Mortgage on Tuesday announced the closure of $20 million in Series B funding that was led by three existing investors and a new participant. The funding round was led by prior investors Ribbit Capital , DST Global and NFX along with new investor Progressive Insurance.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 16, 2025

Lenders perspectives on current underwriting guidelines from secondary market investors are mixed. This is mainly due to issues with the requirements for income calculation, documentation, and stability and history, as well as the lack of industry standards or investor guidelines.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

has launched a new 1031 exchange service, allowing real estate investors to defer capital gains taxes when selling and reinvesting in like-kind properties. A 1031 exchange allows investors to reinvest proceeds from the sale of an investment property into another similar property without immediately incurring capital gains taxes.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

If a broker is working with an investor that happens to dabble in non-QM, then they’re not going to get all the best practices we’ve aggregated over the last 12 years. Tom Davis: When you’re working with a professional and you want expertise, you’re going to want to work with someone who is the expert in your market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

Theres a growing sense of unease in real estate , especially among agents who work with investors. But agents who bring local insight, understand investor math, and know how to find or structure off-market deals are still in demand. Zain Jaffer is a VC, real estate investor, and CEO of Zain Ventures, an investment firm.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

LL Funds also served as one of Poplar’s investors since the company’s debut in 2014, according to Evernest. Poplar Homes is a leading property manager focused on individual investors and multifamily property owners.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

has agreed to buy a majority stake in Angel Oak Companies , the holding company for a non-QM lender and investor that manages more than $18 billion in mortgage assets. Canadian investment powerhouse Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. Brookfield will take a 50.1%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In February 2024, the company closed a $28 million Series D funding round from new and existing investors, including Gaingels , Moderne Ventures , QED Investors and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff. Jared Kessler founded the fintech in 2016 and has since raised money from several venture capital firms. In 2018, the company raised $3.5

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

trillion of outstanding commercial mortgages held by lenders and investors will mature in 2025, a 3% increase from the $929 billion that matured in 2024. The loan maturities vary significantly by investor and property type groups. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), approximately 20% ($957 billion) of $4.8

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Despite ongoing challenges, such as rising energy costs, office vacancies, and economic uncertainty, commercial real estate (CRE) investors remain optimistic about the opportunities 2025 may bring. According to the survey: 52% of CRE investors believe that potential interest rate cuts will have the biggest impact on the sector in 2025.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 6, 2025

That would not be for the out-of-town investor, said Richards, who purchased the properties via Auction.com s new SmartSale program. The company sometimes takes ownership of properties when investors default on their loans We had 15 single-family (homes) in Montgomery, Alabama I dont imagine how the hell I would have sold (them) on my own.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Investors include Kleiner Perkins , Blackstone Group , G oodwater Capital and Dawn Capital , among others. The portal giant has also partnered with Howard Hanna on AI tools for agents. Zumper is a multifamily rental portal launched in 2012. According to Crunchbase, it received its seventh round of funding at the beginning of 2022.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Sources told HousingWire that out-of-town investors were among the most interested buyers. In the Asheville metropolitan area — located in the Western North Carolina region that was hammered the most by Hurricane Helene — new home listings sat at 120 on Sept. 20, then bottomed out at 14 on Oct.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2024

My mom and stepdad went into pre-foreclosure,” said Sandoval, a real estate agent and investor who specializes in working in low-income, often Latino neighborhoods in Southern California. “I anely Sandoval’s calling to be a pre-foreclosure peacemaker started when she was in high school. “My Sometimes the seller wants one month rent back.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 21, 2025

Servicers can automate critical tasks, such as investor reporting and compliance, to streamline workflows and position in-house servicers to win with speed. By adopting advanced mortgage servicing software, lenders can meet investor and regulatory demands while strengthening borrower relationships through faster, more accurate service.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Visit Easy Street Capital Constitution Lending: Best for new investors If youre a new investor, finding the best hard money lenders for beginners can make or break your chance at success. You want someone whos experienced with emerging investors and with terms that are fair and comprehensible.

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