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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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

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Many real estate investors were serendipitously ahead of this shift even before the pandemic started, driven by both affordability and an affinity for overlooked markets. Currently I’m in some of the Southern markets like Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Indianapolis, Ohio. See sidebar for more details on these markets.

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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

JUNE 21, 2022

Investors provide capital necessary for many families to fulfill their aspirations of living in a house whether renting or owning. housing stock; yet, they bring some unique characteristics to the market. How can investors help with homeownership? Let’s switch gears and consider how investors help with home ownership.

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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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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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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

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

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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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

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 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 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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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

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

According to Davis, rising home prices have led homeowners to tap into their equity for purposes such as debt consolidation , home renovation and student loan repayment. Investors, meanwhile, are leveraging the option to expand their property portfolios. There’s more demand than supply,” he added.

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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

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

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 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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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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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

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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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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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 30, 2024

In today’s mortgage landscape, mortgage loan originators (MLOs) must find their way to success through an increasingly complex and difficult market. MLOs that adapt these strategies to their unique local market will be able to provide value to their clients.

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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

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

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

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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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Despite eliminating MI, the company has set credit scores and DTI limits that its investor partners are comfortable with to balance risk while expanding the product’s appeal. UWM’s new offering arrives during a period of declining interest rates and growing competition in the mortgage refinance market. However, “There’s no free lunch.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

properties sold at foreclosure auction, showed that this trend is being fueled by rising levels of inventory on the retail market. markets (Raleigh; Austin; Portland, Oregon; Tampa; and Denver) saw prices decline by 2% to 7% in June. Proprietary data from the California -based company, which accounts for nearly 50% of all U.S.

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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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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 20, 2024

As flipping rates rose, good luck seemed to improve for investors who bought and swiftly sold residences. It also remained within a range that might be easily depleted by carrying costs such as renovation fees, mortgage payments, and property taxes. The latest figure was up from 7.7% of all home sales in the U.S. in Q1 of last year.

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Inman

AUGUST 22, 2023

Plunk's repair and renovation analysis tools will serve investors who frequent Xome, which also markets nontraditional listings, such as auctions, foreclosures and other investor-minded assets.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2023

Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity. billion in the fourth quarter of 2021,” a recent market assessment by ATTOM shows.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

While a number of companies have emerged to assist agents and their seller clients with renovating or updating a home before introducing it to the market, Sundae built its model on the opposite approach — helping consumers sell homes sell as-is to investors.

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