40% expect home prices to decline in 2024, up from 32% in 2023 and 17% in 2022 29% expect rents to decline in 2024, up from 16 percent in 2023 49% describe their local real estate market as “overvalued with correction possible” 60% still expect to increase investment property purchases in 2024...
Year: 2024

ARK Homes For Rent
ARK Homes For Rent has Laser Focus on Resident Experience By Carole VanSickle Ellis When ARK Homes For Rent founder Jordan Kavana founded the data-driven single-family-residential management company that would eventually evolve into ARK Homes, the idea of SFR as an industry was barely a blip on...

Bridgeport, Connecticut
“Park City” Real Estate Bucks Post-Pandemic Trends, Presents Headwinds By Carole VanSickle Ellis All around the United States, luxury real estate markets are softening, but Bridgeport, Connecticut, also known as “Park City” for its 1,300 acres of public parks, is home to one of only three luxury...

Building the Future
The Digital Transformation of Construction & Renovation Finance By John Ryan A digital transformation is coming quickly to the construction and renovation lending industry. Two main catalysts have contributed to this emerging shift — the rapid advances in technology and an influx of private...

Properly Insuring Your “Subject To” Property
Bottom Line: If You Own It, You Insure It By Jacqui Price A subject-to deal is a creative investment strategy that involves an investor acquiring a property subject to the existing mortgage, effectively taking over payments to the lender and assuming responsibility for the home. While subject-to...

Keeping Customer Experience on the Radar
How Innovation & Sustainability are Helping Halstead Grow By Carole VanSickle Ellis In the world of flooring, the customer experience never ends. You start with wherever you are standing when you realize you need new flooring, and you’re still going years later when you have to answer the...

Opportunities in Single-Family New Construction
Be Picky and Find an Ideal Project in an Ideal Area By Mitchell Zagrodnik In the ever-changing real estate investment space, investors are always on the lookout for potential deals that can help them take advantage of the market and get them the best returns on their investments. Throughout the...

The Housing Hunger Games
Why Speed Has Never Mattered More By Jason Simpson Anyone keeping a pulse on real estate can likely relate to the famous line from the movie Hunger Games, “May the odds be ever in your favor.” Never has this been truer than in today’s single-family rental (SFR) real estate investment market. As...

Unlocking the Potential
Single Family vs. Multifamily Investments By Jennifer Stoops Investing in rental properties is a strategic move for those seeking to build wealth through real estate. However, the decision between single-family and multifamily units is not a one-size-fits-all scenario. It requires careful...