New Report: 56% of Foreclosure Sales Owner-Occupied a Year Later

Auction.com, the nation’s largest distressed real estate marketplace, released its Q2 2019 Seller Strategy report on September 3. The report provides data-driven insights for several key disposition metrics, including time to sell, sales execution and neighborhood stabilization. The study examined various disposition strategies used during the last year for more than 23,000 properties that went to foreclosure auction in the second quarter of 2018 via the Auction.com platform. The platform

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Fund That Flip Raises $11M in Growth Financing from Edison Partners

Award-winning fintech platform Fund That Flip has raised $11 million from growth equity firm Edison Partners. The company, launched in 2014, plans to use the capital to expand its market share of the trillion-dollar residential real estate investment industry. Fund That Flip provides short-term loans to experienced real estate redevelopers who buy and renovate residential properties. After origination, Fund That Flip offers accredited and institutional investors the opportunity to purchase

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Women in Real Estate: Sarah Fishburne

I’m one of the lucky ones when it comes to a career path. Since I was 3 years old I was telling people I was going to be an interior designer. And it came true! My journey took me from the world of design firms to The Home Depot. Here’s how it happened.

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Women in Real Estate: Erica LaCentra

My start in the real estate investing industry was a case of being in the right place at the right time. As a recent college grad working as an executive assistant within the ticketing industry, I had no idea what the future had in store for me. But, I knew I wanted to be more than a secretary.

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The Exurbs are Returning, But Not Necessarily for the Right Reasons

The exurbs, a region where people live in a metropolitan area outside the main city and suburbs, showed the most substantial gains in single-family home growth, according to a report the National Association of Home Builders released during the final week of May.

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Housing Affordability Findings

First American Financial Corporation’s April 2019 First American Real House Price Index reveals that: Real house prices decreased 0.9% between March 2019 and April 2019. Real house prices declined 0.72% between April 2018 and April 2019. Consumer house-buying power—how much one can buy based on changes in income and interest rates—increased 1.5% between March 2019 and April 2019, and increased 6.7% year over year. Average household income has increased 2.7%

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