by Glen | Nov 11, 2020 | hard money, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
Almost 10% of all government sponsored mortgages entered mortgage forbearance which accounts for almost 841 billion dollars in loans. 4 in 5 workers say they live paycheck to paycheck, with around 30 million people unemployed, the numbers could be daunting. Yet the...
by Glen | Mar 5, 2020 | Coronavirus 2020 real estate impact, General real estate financing information, Hard Money in the News, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money
The picture above is a bit more relaxing to look at as opposed to the media barrage of the coronavirus and stock market (do you know where I took the pic, hint in CO, email me if you know). The Coronavirus has caused stock markets around the world to quickly sell off...
by Glen | Feb 11, 2020 | Commercial Lending valuation, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
At first glance, 2020 looked like smooth sailing. But the National Association of Business Economists (NABE)—a respected body whose past presidents include Alan Greenspan—recently released their latest economic outlook, placing the odds of a recession in the next 18...
by Glen | Dec 3, 2019 | Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
The two largest purchases by consumers are houses and cars. Cars are starting to look like the prior housing debacle. Some 33% of people who traded in cars to buy new ones in the first nine months of 2019 had negative equity, compared with 28% five years ago and 19%...
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?...
