by Glen | Nov 26, 2017 | commercial hard money, Commercial Lending in the news, Housing Price Trends / Information
The map above is the most important picture for Real Estate Profitability. What does it signify? What do the dark green areas mean? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal stated 19 million jobs will be eliminated in the next 15 years, but 21 million new jobs...
by Glen | Nov 2, 2017 | Commercial Lending in the news
The new republican tax plan came out today. This could have sweeping consequences for the entire real estate industry. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, said the tax changes could initially cut prices by 10 percent in expensive markets and 3 percent...
by Glen | Oct 13, 2017 | Commercial Lending in the news
Unfortunately, this isn’t Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory up for grabs, but Amazon’s proposed Headquarters 2. This new factory would cost about 5 billion to build and employ about 50k highly paid tech workers. Why is the new HQ for Amazon such a big deal? Cities...
by Glen | Sep 28, 2017 | Commercial Lending in the news
Will the housing crisis happen again? Are you ready to bail out the mortgage industry to the tune of $100 billion? What can you do to protect yourself from the next downturn? Can you identify the areas that are most likely to turn in the next crisis? There is one...
by Glen | Aug 28, 2017 | Commercial Lending in the news
There are some new rules coming down the pipe for banks that will drastically alter the lending landscape and impact everyone in real estate. What are they and should you care? I’m amazed that there has not been more talk regarding a big change in banking...
by Glen | Aug 7, 2017 | Commercial Lending in the news
Has Janet Yellen fallen victim to fake news? Interest rates have been predicted to increase this year but they have barely budged. Why? We keep hearing that rates will increase and inflation will continue to accelerate, but Janet Yellen has stated in various federal...