Pending sales posted a big year-over-year increase this week, partly because the boom in early-stage homebuying demand Redfin saw just after the election is translating to sales and partly because Redfin is comparing it to a period in 2023 that included Thanksgiving. U.S. pending home sales rose...
In this insightful episode of Uncontested Investing, you’ll hear from Barry Owens, CEO and founder of End to End Solutions. With over three decades of experience in the real estate industry, Barry shares how he went from starting in mortgage collections to leading a company that’s transforming...
In this episode of Uncontested Investing, we’re sitting down with Jonas Bordo, CEO of Dwellsy, to explore how his innovative platform is transforming the rental experience for both renters and landlords. Jonas recounts his journey from managing 60,000 rental units to founding Dwellsy, a startup...
Welcome back to Uncontested Investing! In this episode, I sit down with Rebecca Smith, Vice President of Business Development at Radian Real Estate Management, to explore her incredible 25-year journey in real estate and mortgage finance. Rebecca shares her experience in navigating the...
Residential Lending Grows Just 2 Percent Even as Rates Keep Declining; Refinance and Home-Equity Deals Rise While Purchase Loans Decrease ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, released its third-quarter 2024 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination...
Economy Remains on Strong Footing, though Core Inflation Remains Sticky Existing home sales are now expected to rise only 4 percent next year from a 2024 pace that is on track for a nearly 30-year low, according to the November 2024 commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and...
Growing supply of multifamily housing suggests a 1.1% increase in rental stock to more than 49 million units by next fall, with the biggest increases in the South and West. Rents fell by -0.8% to $1,720 in October, marking their fifteenth consecutive month of year-over-year declines and falling...
Price increases continue to slow down after post-COVID surge, but have risen almost 70% in the past decade The cost of home repairs and remodeling in the third quarter of 2024 continued to increase, rising by 1.08% from the prior quarter and just over 3.35% from the third quarter of 2023 according...
Redfin reports that this year marked the first time since 2010 that low-risk homes across three major climate categories—heat, fire and flood—gained value faster than high-risk homes. That may be a sign Americans are growing more responsive to natural disasters. For the first time since 2010,...
