by Glen | Apr 9, 2020 | Commercial Lending valuation, Coronavirus 2020 real estate impact, residential lending valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
We are still funding in cash! The 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo have officially been rescheduled to 2021. As the world copes with the Coronavirus pandemic, cities and countries around the world have shut borders and ordered stay at home orders to stop the spread of...
by Glen | Oct 18, 2019 | Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
In September, Toyota’s year over year auto sales plummeted 16.5%, Honda down 14%, and Nissan down almost 18%. The severity of the slide stokes fears that a long-anticipated car sales collapse may be arriving. Why should you care about Autos in real estate?...
by Glen | Nov 20, 2018 | Commercial Lending valuation, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation, Small Balance Commercial Lending
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the market plunge hasn’t helped get many folks into the Holiday Spirit! What is driving the recent market correction? Is this a bump or a real problem? Is this all driven by the fed? Is real estate the next...
by Glen | Oct 12, 2018 | Commercial Lending valuation, Housing Price Trends / Information, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate Trends, residential lending valuation
Mortgage rates for a 30-year mortgage bottomed our around 3.4% in July of July of 2016. Rates recently broke through the 5% mark and the 10-year treasury just hit a 7-year high. At the same time Well’s Fargo announced it was laying off over 600 mortgage workers and...
by Glen | Aug 21, 2018 | Commercial Lending valuation, Housing Price Trends / Information, private lender, Private Lending, Property Valuation
Less relocation impacts real estate investments. About 3.5 million workers relocated for a new job last year, a 10% drop from 3.8 million in 2015. The current relocation rate of 10 percent is 72 percent lower than in the mid-to-late 1980s. The average annual...
