by Glen | Jul 27, 2021 | Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, Underwriting/Valuation
U.S. consumer sentiment fell sharply and unexpectedly in early July to the lowest level in five months. Consumers’ complaints about rising prices on homes, vehicles, and household durables reached an all time record. Just 30% of all consumers cited favorable home...
by Glen | Jul 20, 2021 | Colorado ski real estate, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates, nightly rental real estate, private lender, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing
According to a recent Well’s Fargo economic report: the forecast for the level of services spending is expected to swell to more than four and a half years of typical spending packed into nine months. What does this transition from goods to services mean for real...
by Glen | Jul 7, 2021 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates, real estate investing, real estate taxes, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
I have been saying for months that rent growth would accelerate. The numbers are in and according to Corelogic, Single-family rents were up 5.3% year over year in April, rising from a 2.4% increase in April 2020. Nationally, rent growth exceeded pre-pandemic rates...
by Glen | Jun 2, 2021 | Commercial Lending valuation, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates
The federal reserve on multiple occasions has called the recent spike in inflation “transitory” yet inflation just rose to its highest level since 1982. Will inflation increase over the short term and then fall to a much lower level in the future? Why is the answer...
by Glen | Apr 28, 2021 | General real estate financing information, hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, nightly rental real estate, Private Lending, Property Valuation
Do residential rental properties with one to four units and second-home mortgages carry more risk? Apparently so says the U.S. Treasury Department. Such loans underwritten by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will end up costing you more under restrictions quietly announced...
by Glen | Apr 8, 2021 | Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, commercial private lending, commercial property trends, Hard Money agricultural lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, real estate taxes, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation, Small Balance Commercial Lending, Small Balance Commercial property tax information, Underwriting/Valuation
I am always amazed at how out of touch our elected officials are with what happens in the real world. The new tax plan circulating through Congress is no exception with the supposed target high net worth taxpayers, but middle class, small business...
