But Only 18% Believe It's a Good Time to Buy a Home The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased slightly in July, as consumers' increased confidence regarding their personal financial situations was largely offset by further pessimism toward homebuying conditions....
Month: August 2023
Home Prices Hit New Record Highs in 60% of Major Markets as Annual Growth Rate Rises
The Black Knight Home Price Index (HPI) hit an all-time high in June, this time on both seasonally adjusted (SA) and unadjusted levels, with nearly every major market experiencing month-over-month growth Prices have now reached new peaks in 30 of the 50 largest markets, with several northeastern...
Roofstock Deepens Institutional Capabilities with Two Key New Hires
Roofstock, a leading real estate services and investment platform specializing in the single-family rental (SFR) sector, is excited to announce the additions of Justin Yagerman as its new Head of Capital Markets and Paul Briggs as its new Head of Research and Investment Strategies. With over two...
HouseCanary Report Finds Rental Inventory Surges in Q2 2023, Signaling Hope for Price Decreases
HouseCanary, Inc. (“HouseCanary”), a national brokerage known for its real estate valuation accuracy, released its latest National Rental Report, highlighting that listing inventory is up 70% year-over-year and days on market is up 50% year-over-year as median monthly rent prices have...
The Typical U.S. Homebuyer’s Monthly Payment Is Up Nearly 20% From a Year Ago As Prices Rise
The median U.S. home-sale price is up 3.2% year over year, the biggest increase since November, and mortgage rates remain elevated The typical U.S. homebuyer’s monthly mortgage payment was $2,605 during the four weeks ending July 30, up 19% from a year earlier and down just $32 from early July’s...
PURE Property Management Completes 70th Acquisition
Profitable Proptech Now Managing 25,000+ Residential Properties Across 50 Major U.S. Residential Markets PURE Property Management, the fastest-growing residential property management and technology company in the U.S., announced today that it has completed 70 acquisitions since its start...

REI INK Celebrates its 50th Issue
A Remarkable Journey During Remarkable Times By Robert Rakowski Welcome to the 50th issue of REI INK. These last four and a half years have been quite the journey; a journey through the struggles of being the “new kid in town”, the COVID pandemic, inflation, an out-of-control and uncertain...

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Chasing Perfection - Going the Extra Mile for Turnkey Investors By Carole VanSickle Ellis When REI Nation founders Kent Clothier, Sr., and his wife, Sherry, started building their real estate portfolio in the early 2000s, the real estate investing landscape was very different than it is today....

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Investors, Homeowners Continue to Bank on The Valley of the Sun By Carole VanSickle Ellis Imagine describing the boundaries of your hometown city in this way: “The area is bounded by the shores of Lake Pleasant and the Superstition Mountains.” It sounds like a fairy tale, but the truth is that...