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 | Nov 25, 2025 | Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation, survey responses
Last week in my blog, Will Real Estate Outperform in the next cycle, I asked all if real estate would do better than other assets like Stocks, bonds, etc.. The response was pretty clear that real estate is considerably better than other...
by Glen | Jun 26, 2023 | Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, Bank failures, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, hard money loans, Housing Price Trends / Information, Private Lending, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
Big changes are ahead for automated appraisals. The government feels that automated models show bias in valuation so they have proposed a new rule that will radically alter appraisals. Unfortunately, the new rules will have some large unintended consequences for...
by Glen | Nov 21, 2022 | 2023 real estate prediction, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending valuation, credit scoring, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, interest rates, mortgage rates, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
The federal reserve bank of NY recently published a report showing consumer debt jumping to the highest levels ever recorded with every category growing from mortgages, autos, credit cards, lines of credit, etc… Is some consumer debt better/worse than others for the...
by Glen | Jul 25, 2022 | 2022 real estate predictions, 2022 stock market correction, 90s real estate recession, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, commercial hard money, Commercial Lending valuation, commercial private lending, commercial property trends, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, interest rates, mortgage rates, Property Valuation, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, recession, recession impact on real estate, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
There has been an unexpectedly sharp downturn in demand to truck everything from food to furniture since the beginning of March and rates in the overheated segment that deals in on-demand trucking jobs – known as the spot market – are skidding. Why are...
by Glen | May 16, 2022 | Atlanta Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, interest rates, mortgage rates, Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation, Underwriting/Valuation, what happens to real estate in a correction
The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates .5% as expected. The market originally rallied and then plummeted 5% the next day. The fed made a colossal error and the stock and bond markets are not buying their guidance. What did the fed say at the meeting that...
