Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Fix-and-flip investors took a hit in the third quarter of 2024 as flipped properties accounted for a smaller share of U.S. Short-term real estate investors saw a 28.7% Investor profits ramped down during the same time frame and now stand at roughly half of the mid-50% market peak in 2016. The Q3 2024 U.S. of all U.S.

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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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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

In a supply-constrained housing market , even landing a deal at foreclosure auction has become challenging, but those deals tend to be more readily available in markets or neighborhoods that are off the beaten path. It’s very, very market dependent right now. I’m still focusing on those markets with very low (retail) inventory.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that the company misled investors about the delinquency rates in a 2018 private-label securitization involving fix-and-flip loans. The post SEC claims Angel Oak Capital Advisors deceived investors appeared first on HousingWire. has agreed to pay $1.75 securities regulations.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2022

Retail housing market data from June showing early signs of a real estate slowdown was foreshadowed three months earlier in buyer behavior at foreclosure auctions. The retail housing market data, released by Redfin at the end of June, shows the median asking price for newly listed homes for sale in the four weeks ending June 26 dropped 1.5%

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 14, 2024

In today’s low-volume market cycle, mortgage originators can build business by focusing on purpose-built loan products designed to overcome the specific challenges homebuyers face in the current market. But, first-time homebuyers can be leery of taking on renovations, especially if they are tight on cash.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2021

Competition for home buyers is tougher than ever right now, as tightened housing stock supply continues to plague the housing market. Using a 3-month bank statement program, borrowers who would not otherwise qualify due to lost or nontraditional income may be able to buy a new home and place their own on the market. Jumbo products.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

As part-time investors move toward dedicating their careers to the home flipping industry, there is growing competition and many factors that contribute to a successful project. Knowing which properties to pursue is key, or there may be some difficulty finding a buyer when the renovation process is completed.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Real estate investors purchasing distressed properties at foreclosure auction have been telegraphing a possible housing market slowdown for the last six months. A deeper dive into foreclosure buyer behavior shows which markets are most likely to see a home price correction in the next six months. Price Correction Risk by Region.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

High-volume home sellers are in a bit of a pickle in today’s market thanks to rapidly rising mortgage rates last year. 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

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The collaboration will allow Capital Fundings’ borrowers to receive personalized investor insights. Together, we will equip our borrowers with the tools and knowledge needed to thrive in today’s competitive market.” Privy’s real estate investment platform features different services tailored to assist investors.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2023

Transactions in the fix and flip market have been booming in recent years, with more than 407,000 homes flipped in 2022, up 14% over 2021 and up 58% over 2020, according to a recent report by real estate data firm ATTOM. 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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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 3, 2024

The market backdrop It’s a hard time out there for real estate. That has resulted in credit standards tightening and fewer transactions happening in the market (according to CBRE, commercial real estate volumes were down 54% through Q3 2023 ). When this happens at a large scale across the market, it is called deleveraging.

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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 Helping the seller understand the true market value of the home given the condition can also be a challenge. I don’t think that’s fair.”

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Housing Wire

JULY 27, 2022

Sweetwater Private Equity and Morpheus Ventures led the latest funding round with additional investors including Home Depot Ventures , Second Century Ventures and Palm Drive Capital. We are building our team and technology to break down barriers,” said Min Alexander , co-founder and chief executive officer of PunchListUSA.

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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

JULY 14, 2022

It is counter to a popular and politically potent narrative grounded in the aftermath of the Great Recession, when large institutional investors scooped up thousands of properties at foreclosure auction. The role of renovators. These are local investors buying a few properties in communities where they live and work.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And while the rate may have declined, home flipper profits ticked upward for investors who buy, renovate and quickly resell homes, and in Q2, investors typically earned a 30.4% It’s not as if profits have shot through the roof and investors are riding a new wave of good times. a year earlier. in Q2 of last year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2023

The first quarter of 2023 proved a tough market for everyone in the housing industry, including institutional buyers of single-family rental (SFR) properties, but there are signs the second quarter of this year has been far more buoyant for these so-called “Wall Street” players. One clue to that resurgence is a $1.5

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) is a detailed report that helps real estate agents evaluate and determine the market value of a property. A CMA report includes information on similar, comparable properties in the area, including recent sales, active listings and current market trends.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In today’s competitive real estate market, an increasing number of real estate investors are turning to private money lenders to help them close deals faster, enhance property valuations, and increase their returns. Property managers and real estate agents who are interested in working with investors.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

The nation’s housing industry has entered a new normal in which the dynamics of the market appear perplexing — marked by high mortgage rates and high home prices, along with shrinking mortgage originations. So, finding those opportunities, rehabbing and returning them to the market solves part of the [inventory] problem,” Carlton said.

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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

JUNE 25, 2024

His prior experience includes a “proven track record of success in residential mortgage lending, servicing, and capital markets,“ the firm stated in an announcement. Its offerings include small-business loans and lines of credit, real estate investor loans, rehab loans and renovation loans. Department of the Treasury since 2018.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2021

Low rates and increased demand mean prices are soaring on what stock is available – and what’s available isn’t staying on the market for long. The average home age in the United States is about 40 years old, so there’s a huge stock of homes that need to be renovated.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2021

The programs include MAXEX Sustainable, which allows borrowers to finance green energy renovations into their 30-year fixed mortgage, and allows for residential solar panels and geothermal units to be amortized in the loan at the point of purchase or refinance. The company is also offering a “quicker” version of its base program.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2024

We are excited to expand our impact and better serve our target market borrowers.” Change Lending’s services include small-business loans and lines of credit, investor real estate loans, rehab loans and renovation loans, according to its website.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2021

With global market uncertainty surrounding the Delta variant of COVID-19, we saw 10-year Treasury yields drift lower and consequently mortgage rates followed suit,” said Khater. This bodes well for those still looking to refinance, renovate or even purchase a new home.”. Home prices increased across the board in May, leaping 16.6%

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

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. Acra understands the struggles fix-and-flip investors face when seeking financing. The only problem?

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2022

Offerpad is a six-year-old company founded by its current CEO Brian Bair, a longtime real estate investor. The business started buying homes in a few southern markets such as Orlando, Florida, and Birmingham, Alabama, and recently moved into Midwest markets including Indianapolis. billion market value.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Tom Davis, chief sales officer, Deephaven Mortgage Today’s market means that more borrowers have higher debt-to-income ratios, limited access to credit and are looking for alternative ways to get qualified for a mortgage. HousingWire: What factors are contributing to borrowers falling out of the Agency market?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The product is a second mortgage with a below-market interest rate that allows a homeowner to tap into their equity without refinancing their existing mortgage. Unison has plans to securitize these loans on the secondary market, its spokesperson explained. HEI providers estimate the market is worth $2 billion to $3 billion per year.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Attom said that flippers have struggled in comparison to other types of sellers in recent years because they’ve exhibited an “unusual pattern” of timing the market poorly. It’s not as if profits have shot through the roof and investors are riding a new wave of good times. The report comes with a few caveats. in the first quarter.

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Housing Wire

JULY 5, 2022

CoreVest provides financing to real estate investors across the country and as of late June boasted more than $15 billion in loans closed and some 125,000 units financed, according to the lender. Redwood executives say Riverbend will be integrated into CoreVest. Over the last 12 months, Riverbend [founded in 2017] has originated over $1.0

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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. residential mortgage market and housing-related assets. The financials of the deal were not disclosed.

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Appraisal Buzz

AUGUST 28, 2024

The increase is being influenced by the current market, where higher-priced, turnkey homes in desirable neighborhoods are more likely to sell. Investors are still coming in with all-cash offers on homes that need to be renovated.

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