by Glen | Jul 5, 2019 | General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending
If you have closed any real estate loan since 2003, you have over a 25% chance you were impacted. First American, the second largest title insurance company in the United States handling over 26% of all closings, announced a data breach that exceeds anything we have...
by Glen | Jun 20, 2019 | hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Realtor, Residential hard money
I’ve been hearing rumblings of this suit for months and I’m usually skeptical that lawsuits will totally alter an industry but the recent suit against the National Association of realtors, various multiple listing services, and many large real estate brokerages could...
by Glen | Jun 4, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending valuation, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
We keep hearing that the spring real estate season is just around the corner, yet the April housing numbers came out showing a 4.4% decline from 2018 and continuing a downward trend of declining sales for the 14th straight month. What is driving this trend? What are...
by Glen | May 31, 2019 | General real estate financing information, Housing Price Trends / Information, News, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money
Federal Reserve Chairman Powell recently announced that inflation is transitory. Sound familiar? Janet Yellen, the prior fed chair, used this same term 2017 and 2018. Seems like we are in an extended “transit”. Why? Are we headed for the next...
by Glen | May 15, 2019 | Housing Price Trends / Information
Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Cool with the smallest gain since 2012. At the same time mortgage rates have dropped off their highs by 20% to around 4% for a 30-year mortgage. Why are lower mortgage rates not spurring more demand and helping home prices? Why is...