Private money lending and the market: jobs reports, title fraud, homebuilder data and what investors should watch.
I took the pic after the 4th outside of Breckenridge, CO (has nothing to do with the article, but thought you would enjoy). Last week the US June jobs report was released that toppled all expectations. After a week May report the job numbers in June did not disappoint...
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...
As Thanksgiving week begins, there was a surprising economic report just released. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index dropped eight points in November to 60, according to a report Monday. That compared with the median estimate...
For anyone watching the markets, it has been quite the ride. I’m feeling a bit seasick from all the motion taking place in the markets! Stocks plummet then come roaring back all within the same day. What is going on? As stocks are swooning so are 10-year treasuries...
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...
Unfortunately, this isn’t Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory up for grabs, but Amazon’s proposed Headquarters 2. This new factory would cost about 5 billion to build and employ about 50k highly paid tech workers. Why is the new HQ for Amazon such a big deal? Cities...
Trump wants to curtail flood insurance in flood prone areas. This all seems logical, so why is this such a big issue? As many environmentalists cheered, homebuilders were aghast. Trumps new plan would radically overhaul the 1968 program which protects property...
What do JPMorgan Chase, Home Depot, Michaels Stores, Target, Dairy Queen, and now Equifax all have in common? They’ve all been hacked and your info could have been compromised. If you missed the news Equifax released last week that 143 million people were impacted...
Probably not although I doubt any closings happening. But, I did have to give a shout out to this guy who I will nominate as “best dressed” for the upcoming eclipse. I think the metal “hat” adds the little extra “pizazz” to the outfit. Hopefully no lighting...
Ready to start your engines for the summer driving season? Will our cars lead us into the next recession? Although auto sales declined substantially this year, the real story is that the subprime bubble in auto lending is now showing cracks. How will this impact...
It’s like getting a free scoop of ice cream 😊 According to Equifax about 11 million borrowers will have their credit scores increased by at least 20 points starting in July. Will you be impacted? What is the change? What information is now excluded? Is...
Close before the leaves hit the ground on residential(investment) and commercial properties Happy Fall. With other companies advertising they can close before the holidays, at Fairview we can do better and close before the leaves even fall. Our average close...
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