VA Loans vs. Conventional Loans by Redfin Team Nationwide, just over one in five (21.8%) home listings are affordable to the typical U.S. military veteran using a VA loan, while 26.5% are affordable to the typical veteran using a conventional loan. Affordability has improved slightly over the last...
Identify Opportunities, Manage Risk, and Build Sustainable Wealth by Andy Bates Real estate investing has never been more data-driven as successful residential investors increasingly leverage quantitative metrics to inform their strategies and mitigate risk. Understanding how to interpret economic...
Investors Must Factor in Rising Prices When Calculating ROI by Rick Sharga It’s been a rough year for residential real estate investors. Rentometer reported that asking rental rates for single-family homes across the country rose by just 1.7% — more than a point below the rate of inflation — in...
…But Protecting Your Company is a Year-Round Responsibility by Craig Mertens Every October, we celebrate a dark world with scary, dangerous monsters. We call October Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and during this month, we shine a spotlight on hackers, scammers, phishers, and cybercriminals of all...
Buyer Demand Has Deteriorated to a Nearly Three-Year Low by Daren Blomquist Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, released its Q3 2025 Auction Market Dispatch, which shows a continued rise in distressed property supply, particularly at foreclosure auction, even as...
The Future of Single-Family Investing by Martin Kay Over the past five years, the way large investors approach single-family real estate has evolved in a fundamental way. This shift isn’t about new investment philosophies, but rather about how to deploy capital and operate with scale, efficiency,...
Mortgage and Settlement Services Industry Continue to Face Elevated Risks by FundingShield During Q3 2025, nearly 46.6% of transactions within an approximately $90+ billion portfolio—spanning residential, commercial, NonQM and business-purpose loans—were flagged for issues posing significant wire...
Nationwide, 46.1% of Homes Considered Equity-Rich by ATTOM Team ATTOM released its third quarter 2025 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 46.1% of mortgaged residential properties in the country were equity-rich, meaning the combined estimated amount of loan balances secured...
Material and Labor Costs Increase, but More Slowly than Last Quarter by Verisk Property Estimating Solutions Repair and remodeling costs continued to rise more rapidly than inflation, even as the Consumer Price Index rose by 2.7% year-over-year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The...
