Yardi Matrix Introduces Affordable Housing Coverage with First Market Conditions Report

New study pinpoints affordable market challenges while offering increased transparency The need for additional affordable housing inventory is a foundational issue for the market, a new Yardi® Matrix Research Bulletin on the affordable housing sector shows. With an increasing number of households being designated as “cost burdened” across earning brackets, policymakers are pushing for more affordable stock, with an expected 69,600 units set to come online in 2024. A multi-year peak for

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REAL ESTATE INVESTOR OPTIMISM CONTINUES TO GROW IN THE THIRD QUARTER ACCORDING TO FALL 2024 RCN CAPITAL INVESTOR SENTIMENT INDEX

Investors predict that housing market conditions will continue to improve, and that Kamala Harris will be the victor in the 2024 Presidential election Real estate investor sentiment continued to improve, increasing by eight points from the previous quarter, according to the Fall 2024 RCN Capital/CJ Patrick Company Investor Sentiment Index™. Sixty-eight percent of investors viewed today’s market as better or much better than it was a year ago, compared to only 13% who felt it

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Madison Trust Company

Making Control, Versatility Easy for Self-Directed Investors by Carole VanSickle Ellis In 2009, the real estate market was hovering near the bottom of the post-housing-crash slump of the mid-2000s, and Madison Trust Company CEO, president, and co-founder Daniel Gleich was focused on helping his father diversify his retirement investments. In the short-term, this was something of a challenging experience, as one investment manager after another informed Gleich retirement assets were

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2024 Election Could be a “Wash”

The Impact of Elections on the National Housing Market by Carole VanSickle Ellis Conventional wisdom states that uncertainty in almost any element of the economy will usually result in “bad news” or short-term negative behavior in most financial markets. Presidential elections have historically been considered a prime example of how uncertainty affects investor behavior, with financial markets typically responding to the election process and months following the actual vote with

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Creating a Best-in-Class Experience

Building a New Wholesale Broker Paradigm by Ezra Dweck and David Jacob IceCap Group is one of the largest private money lenders in the country providing business purpose loans for both short-term bridge and long-term fixed rate rental loans for 1-4 family, 5+ multifamily, and mixed-use real estate properties. IceCap Group is institutionally managed and backed by a family office with a 30+ year history of successfully investing in real

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Funding Alternative Lending Strategies

Four Options for the Real Estate Investor by Marc Connelly With traditional lending institutions pulling back, and 4.5 million individuals, couples, and families struggling to find suitable units amid the housing shortage, investors, developers, and homebuilders across the nation are doing their part to close the gap — with the help of some surprisingly innovative financing options. Here are four options built with investors in mind: Option One PRIVATE LENDERS

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