Ricardo Rosales is a real estate entrepreneur with years of experience in flipping and owning rental properties. Today, he is the CEO of Top Of The Line VA and Prospector Web, which are businesses he built out of the challenges he faced during different market cycles. He is on the show today to...
Month: February 2024
Private Lending Industry Veteran Stephan Leccese Joins Lima One Capital’s Senior Management Team
Lima One Capital, the nation’s premier lender for real estate investors, has added Stephan Leccese as Managing Director of Operations. In this newly created role, Leccese oversees core operational functions including loan production, strategic accounts, lender finance, valuations, and construction...
Redfin Home Price Index: Price Growth Holds Steady at Start of the Year
Home prices rose 0.5% month over month in January, on par with December’s gain, as the drop in mortgage rates at the end of last year gave buyers a bit more purchasing power U.S. home prices climbed 0.5% from a month earlier in January, matching the 0.5% gain seen in both December and November,...
Housing Market Activity Lost Steam in January as Mortgage Rates Stopped Falling and Prices Kept Rising
Redfin reports new listings dropped for the first time since June and pending sales growth slowed; Stagnating mortgage rates and the biggest home-price jump in over a year caused the market to lose momentum New listings dropped 1.2% month over month on a seasonally adjusted basis, the first...
OPPORTUNITY ZONE HOUSING MARKETS STILL TRACKING ALONG WITH BROADER U.S. HOUSING MARKET
Median Home Values Decrease During Fourth Quarter of 2023 in Just Over Half of Opportunity Zones Targeted for Economic Redevelopment Around U.S.; Price-Decline Trends Inside Zones Again Follow Closely With National Market Patterns ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate...
Digital Fraud in the Real Estate Industry
Property Shield Helps to Remove Fraudulent Account In today's digital age, the real estate sector is not immune to the sophisticated schemes that have emerged alongside technological advancements. One notable example was the exposure of a fraudulent Instagram account named '1timepaymenthomes.'...
U.S. FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY SEES NOTABLE INCREASE IN JANUARY 2024
Completed Foreclosures (REOs) Increase Monthly in 19 States; Foreclosure Starts Up Monthly and Annually Nationwide ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its January 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 33,270 U.S. properties...
COST OF HOME REPAIRS INCREASES BY 5.5% FROM Q4 2022
Price increases slowing nationally after surging due to supply chain disruption and increased demand during COVID-19 pandemic The cost of home repairs and remodeling in the fourth quarter of 2023 continued to increase, rising by 0.54% from the prior quarter and just over 5.5% from the fourth...
U.S. Asking Rents Flatten After Pandemic Rollercoaster Ride
Rents haven’t fluctuated much over the past year, rising 1% in January–a far cry from double-digit growth during the pandemic. The median U.S. asking rent rose 1.1% year over year to $1,964 in January, the largest annual increase since March 2023, and was unchanged from a month earlier, according...








