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 15, 2026 | Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Realtor, Realtor commision lawsuits, survey responses
Last week I asked all of you “Will the Compass Lawsuit with Zillow radically alter the way real estate is bought and sold in the United States?” The real estate pros have spoken and as you can see from the chart, the vote was pretty close 55% saying there would be a...