by Glen | Oct 28, 2025 | interest rates, mortgage rates, survey responses
Last week I asked all of you what will mortgage be one year from now? The real estate pros have spoken and as you can see from the chart above, the majority (50%) think that mortgage rates will be 5.5 -6% while the second largest percentage put rates in...
by Glen | Aug 27, 2025 | Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money, Government Bailout, Hard Money Lending, interest rates, mortgage rates, Nationwide rent control
What an insane 24 hours, a late night tweet on Tuesday announced the sudden firing of a Federal Reserve Governor essentially trying to eliminate the independence of the federal reserve while ensuring looser monetary policy. Ironically the opposite occurred and...
by Glen | May 5, 2025 | 2025 real estate predictions, 90s real estate recession, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta real estate trends, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, commercial property trends, condo lending, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, hard money, Housing inflation, Housing Price Trends / Information, if there is a recession what happens to real estate, interest rates, mortgage rates, private lender, Property Insurance, Property Valuation
Condominium owners across the country are facing a paralyzing problem: They can’t sell their properties because of a fast-growing and mostly secret mortgage blacklist. Don’t worry this is not some crazy conspiracy from the government. I’ve experienced this first...
by Glen | Apr 21, 2025 | 2025 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, Government Bailout, hard money, interest rates, mortgage rates
The chart above is very surprising. When the market is predicting a slowdown or a recession, gold typically rises and treasuries also rise, typically in tandem. The exact opposite is happening now as bond prices are falling and yields are rapidly increasing in the...
by Glen | Mar 24, 2025 | 2025 mortgage rates, 2025 real estate predictions, 90s real estate recession, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, interest rates, mortgage rates
In almost every real estate advertisement I receive, there is a common theme that prospective buyers should not focus on the rate as they will be able to refinance relatively soon at a much lower rate. How true is this theory? (hint anyone who bought into...
by Glen | Mar 17, 2025 | 2025 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, Hard Money Lending, hard money loans, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates
Look at the graph above, what has caused my closing to surge in 2025 while overall real estate closing volumes have plummeted? What does this mean for real estate? Don’t get me wrong, I like to think the surge in closings is because I’m an amazing lender and a great...
