by Glen | Aug 19, 2020 | interest rates, Private Lending, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Residential hard money
The mortgage market is an interesting animal. Long term mortgage rates traditionally track the 10 year treasury and historically trade in a very narrow band, approximately one percent higher than the 10 year treasuries. This would put mortgages today in the low 2%...
by Glen | Jul 15, 2020 | Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
From March 1 through the end of May, Americans deferred debt payments on more than 100 million accounts, according to credit-reporting firm TransUnion, a sign of widespread financial distress. Millions are out of work, yet house prices are increasing in most...
by Glen | Jun 24, 2020 | interest rates, Private Lending, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
The stock market has been pricing in a fast and rapid V-shaped recovery, yet 106 million people and various businesses like United Airlines are painting a radically different picture. As Alan Greenspan, the former fed chief, famously said: markets can exhibit...
by Glen | May 19, 2020 | hard money, interest rates, Property Valuation
Would you bet your life on interest rates? Life insurance companies are making a huge gamble on rates, they are willing to bet their life and yours on the direction of interest rates. Why are life insurance companies suspending new policies? What does this mean for...
by Glen | May 7, 2020 | commercial hard money, Commercial Lending valuation, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, Private Lending
I hope everyone is doing well in light of the recent events. I was recently asked: “Did the Federal Reserve trigger a housing market crash?” What happened? The Coronavirus struck, the fed had to act swiftly to mitigate the damage, but by flooding the market with...
by Glen | Mar 24, 2020 | Coronavirus 2020 real estate impact, Hard Money Lending, interest rates
We are still lending as we fund and hold our loans in cash! If you have been watching the mortgage market, your head is likely spinning. Last week, a mortgage rates drop for 30-year fixed mortgages hit a record low of 3% less than a week later rates have...
