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. Another 33% prioritize long-term investments, while 19% see real estate as a path to financial freedom.

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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. An index score above 50 indicates market expansion, while a score below 50 indicates contraction.

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Investors Mortgage Property Taxes Inventory 420

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. At the same time, many investors acknowledge that traditional office space demand will not return to pre-pandemic levels.

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Real Estate Investors Investing Development 248

Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In the competitive landscape of real estate, leveraging advanced tools and services can significantly impact an agent’s ability to maximize revenue opportunities for themselves and their clients. REO Asset Management:  Managing REO properties involves multiple tasks, from preservation and maintenance to marketing and sales.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Whether you grew up dreaming of a career in real estate or journeyed into it, it’s important to prepare yourself for the challenges of this career. I happen to be one of the kids who actually dreamed of working in real estate. My grandfather was a builder and owned and managed several properties himself.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 30, 2025

To celebrate this prestigious recognition, HousingWire reached out to 2023 Finance Leader Kevin Thompson , Head of Finance at PURE Property Management to discuss his approach to navigating challenges in today’s real estate market. Supply, supply, supply.

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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. ” In terms of forward-looking sentiments, 61% of respondents expect the market to continue improving, compared to 14% who expect it to decline. .

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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. Davis believes that by aligning with the right lender and expanding product offerings, originators can position themselves as valuable partners in a shaky market.

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Investors Construction Training Realtors 448

Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Realtor.com has found that , amid rising home prices and mortgage rates, real estate investors are still finding hidden gems in affordable metros across the country, with Dayton, Ohio, standing out as the top destination for property investment in 2024. lower than the national average, offering compelling value for investors.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Using LinkedIn for real estate is a hidden gem for connecting with local business professionals. Keep reading to learn why LinkedIn for real estate agents is so important, plus tips to optimize your profile and how to get real estate leads on LinkedIn. For your headline, be clear and geographically specific.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Tools 239

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Real estate investors purchased 26.1% By comparison, investors purchased 13.6% As mortgage rates and home prices have remained elevated across the board, investors have mirrored consumer homebuyers and have shifted their focus toward more affordable homes. of investor purchases, also down from Q4 2022.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

In a changing real estate market , mortgage lenders face increasing demand. The primary and secondary mortgage markets may be separate business components, but mortgage originators must understand both businesses intimately. Most companies think from the primary lens.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Higher mortgage rates are forcing many first-time homebuyers to adopt a “wait-and-see” approach to the market. According to HomeLight ‘s Top Agent Insights report released this week, real estate agents are feeling this and are being forced to switch up tactics to attract buyers. 30 and Nov. 30 and Nov.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

John Graff, a Los Angeles -based CEO of Ashby & Graff Real Estate , said that the search for temporary housing will be problematic as LA tries to rebuild. Peranio is also an investor in Pacaso , a second-home co-ownership company, and said that the company is mobilizing its network to help those in need. [A

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 30, 2024

A new report from New Western, a national real estate investment marketplace, indicates that local real estate investors are poised to outperform traditional builders in several key markets. Boston investors sold flips at 7.8% In Boston, 4,347 flipped homes were sold in 2023 versus 3,166 new homes.

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Real Estate Investors Renovations Construction 397

Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

A startup that wants to help independent real estate agents and brokers manage the logistics of their business is getting a big boost. The funding is led by Altriarch, a credit asset management company that invests in fragmented markets. Ventures, SERHANT.s education division.

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Logistics Real Estate Agent Real Estate Investors 391

Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2024

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. Louis led the nation’s 20 largest markets for a second month in a row at 6.2%

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Investors Real Estate Insurance Landlords 458

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Weve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom. Does the housing market start to get back to normal? The number of unsold homes on the market is finally getting closer to 2019 levels. But, the market change isnt evenly distributed. Two and a half years.

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Housing Market Marketing Inventory Sellers 418

Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

He was a bartender who started his real estate career in a market that was brand new to him. Despite the odds being almost comically stacked against him, Brandon cleared a little over $200,000 in gross commission income (GCI) in his first year in real estate. Want more creative marketing and follow-up ideas?

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Real Estate Open Houses Agents Real Estate Agent 370

Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

Last year might best be described as a risk-prone atmosphere for the single-family rental sector and the related fix-and-flip market. 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

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Investors Marketing Inventory Real Estate 482

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Midwest and Northeast regions seem to be the new hot spots for real estate investors. This week, Realtor.com named markets in Ohio , Michigan , Pennsylvania , New York and Connecticut among the top markets for real estate investment opportunities in 2024. Dayton, Ohio, holds the No. as a whole.

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Investors Marketing Real Estate Tenants 422

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 MBA reports these findings in its 2024 Commercial Real Estate Survey of Loan Maturity Volumes. The loan maturities vary significantly by investor and property type groups.

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Mortgage Real Estate Investors Retail 351

Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

Networking can be intimidating for some real estate agents. Yet real estate networking doesn’t have to be scary. We’ll dive into strategies for both online and IRL networking, expert tips for networking successfully, secrets specifically for introverts, and where to find new potential real estate clients.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Clients Investors 463

Housing Wire

JUNE 7, 2024

Creating a real estate marketing plan can be harder than it sounds. If your marketing isn’t aligned with your niche, personal brand, and skills, you’ll waste time, money and effort pursuing it. If your marketing isn’t aligned with your niche, personal brand, and skills, you’ll waste time, money and effort pursuing it.

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Real Estate Marketing Agents Tools 456

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 Helping the seller understand the true market value of the home given the condition can also be a challenge. I give them everything.

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Retail Buyers Renovations Finance 448

Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The share of the balance of delinquent commercial mortgages increased for every major capital source during the third quarter of 2024, said Jamie Woodwell, MBAs Head of Commercial Real Estate Research. Stresses differ by property type and subtype, geographic market and submarket, loan type and vintage, borrower type and more.

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Mortgage Investors Real Estate Development 397

Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

After rock-solid careers of their own, they decided to combine their skills and their shared passion to help Chinese home buyers, sellers and investors navigate Southern Californias competitive real estate market, Real President Sharran Srivatsaa said in a statement. Navy as a nuclear submarine missile technician.

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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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Investors Tenants Real Estate Property Taxes 468

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

The company announced this week that it secured $8 million in funding to offer better insights and cohesiveness to real estate agents. Shaival Shah and Wei Gan, co-founders of Ribbon , launched the company as an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution for transparent real estate negotiations.

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Real Estate Real Estate Agent Agents Brokerage 358

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Real estate agents have white-knuckled their way through more than two years of suffocatingly high mortgage rates that have stymied sales, choked off inventory and pushed home prices to new all-time highs. While new-home sales are faring much better, they make up significantly less of the market. month over month and by 4.2%

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agents Buyers 510

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Real estate marketplace Redfin released a report on Tuesday that included county-level sale records for homes purchased between January 2014 and December 2024. Redfin attributes the decline in cash purchases to a smaller share of real estate investors in the marketplace. in 2021.

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Real Estate Investors Housing Market Buyers 312

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Just when you think you can anticipate the next trend in real estate, get ready for a new twist. Despite all the external factors cooling down overall home sales – high interest rates, less spending power among residents, lack of inventory— real estate transactions are still hot in certain key areas.

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Investors Construction Real Estate Inventory 447

Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Check out these nine downloadable real estate prospecting letter templates to help you make an impression in your neighborhood or zip code. My name is (your name), and I’m a licensed real estate professional with (your brokerage). Please think of me as your go-to resource for all things real estate.

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Real Estate Open Houses Brokerage Real Estate Agent 452

Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Online real estate marketplace Auction.com announced Wednesday that it is launching SmartSale, a technology-powered option to foreclosure that lets distressed homeowners list and sell their property. SmartSale allows homeowners to sell their homes through direct offers from buyers or an auction process.

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Real Estate Agent Real Estate Sellers Buyers 369

Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Friday’s bombshell – the National Association of Realtors ‘ proposed $418 million settlement of real estate commission lawsuits – set off a frenzy of trading for stocks in the residential real estate sector. That revenue concentration seems to be what had investors heading for the exits on Friday.

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Investors Agents Real Estate Buyers 480

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As real estate practitioners adjust to the practice changes that took effect in August, and the industry waits for final approval of the NAR settlement from the court in November, questions continue about seller offers of compensation. In a bidding war, cash buyers and investors will win, and first-time buyers will lose.

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Buyers Sellers Agents Real Estate 318