by Glen | May 11, 2026 | 2026 mortgage rates, 2026 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money, Georgia private lender, hard money
The housing market has a multi-billion dollar problem that nobody is talking about. Since the last recession economists harp on the fact that underwriting is so much better now than it was leading up to 2008. This is correct except for one lender, the federal...
by Glen | May 4, 2026 | Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, Best place to buy real estate, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Denver Real Estate Trends, Georgia hard money, Georgia private lender
Over the last 30+ years it has historically been more expensive to live inside a city versus the suburbs. The demand for urban living was huge over the last 20 years. This narrative is now changing with the suburbs in many major cities poised to overtake urban...
by Glen | Apr 27, 2026 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Realtor, residential lending valuation, zestimate, zillow
Zillow’s stock has plunged, losing 65% of its value over the last 5 years. To put this in perspective, the Nasdaq 100 has doubled during this same period. Why is Zillow, who was once an internet darling, now falling precipitously? What does this mean...
by Glen | Apr 20, 2026 | 2026 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta real estate trends, Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money
There has been considerable talk about stagflation now mirroring the 70s with high energy prices and low growth. Recently, all the data seemed to be pointing in this direction other than one metric. The economy keeps growing exceeding pretty much every...
by Glen | Apr 13, 2026 | 2026 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Bank failures, Chicago Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money
Like many of you, I hate it when I see headlines like above and am always a bit skeptical. Real estate has basically operated pretty much the same way for the last 20 years or so without any real structural changes, but a recent lawsuit against Zillow...
by Glen | Apr 6, 2026 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, credit score, credit scoring, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money
The Biden Administration took steps to enable less credit-worthy borrowers to qualify for mortgages to support the housing market. Now the Trump team is doing even more in the name of boosting home ownership and lowering costs for borrowers with a surprising...
