Funding and Alternative Lending Strategies By Jennifer McGuinness-Lubbert To say that the last 18 months have been “quite a ride”, would be an understatement. The Fed raised the Fed Funds rate target at its fastest pace in history. During the first half of 2022, the central bank raised rates three times, ramping up the size of the increase each time, culminating in June’s aggressive 75 basis point hike. Before June,
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A Democratic Solution for Real Estate Investment By Danny Kattan The residential real estate market finds itself in the crosshairs of government scrutiny. The government is blaming residential investors for purchasing properties for rental purposes. Officials argue that these properties should be obtained by those needing occupancy. However, this perspective oversimplifies a complex system and overlooks some significant contributions investors make to the stability of the housing market, the efficient
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Working Together to Make a Difference By Robert Rakowski HomeVestors®, the “We Buy Ugly Houses®” company, is playing an important role in addressing the housing inventory crunch with the current U.S. housing Inventory at 51% of pre-pandemic levels. This is especially true for first-time buyers. Potential homebuyers are seeing fewer fresh listings as sellers have stepped back even further. In April, new sales listings decreased, defying normal seasonal trends. According
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2023 Will be All About Disappointment…and Opportunity By Bruce McNeilage When the New Year rolled around at midnight on January 1, 2023, we entered what could be one of the most opportunity-filled years for real estate investors in more than a decade. On the other hand, we also entered one of the most treacherous years in housing that we have seen in over a decade. Now that the country appears
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What Happens When Water-Related Value Goes Down the Drain? By Dana Nutt Imagine this scenario: You own a wonderful cabin near a crystal-clear, blue-ribbon trout stream. Just a couple of miles up the road, there is a picturesque lake that is home to an incredible variety of wildlife, including turtles, beavers, loons, frogs, and osprey. Your riverside cabin is the stuff that sportsmen’s and outdoorsmen’s dreams are made of, and
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Sound Government Policies Are Needed to Create Favorable Market Conditions By David Howard As members of the National Rental Home Council (NRHC) prepare to gather in Nashville this month for the annual SFR Industry Leaders Conference, intensifying headwinds continue to swirl around the global economy. Rising interest rates, a weight on the housing market for the better part of the past year, have now started to curtail growth across a
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