Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Real estate investors purchased 26.1% By comparison, investors purchased 13.6% As mortgage rates and home prices have remained elevated across the board, investors have mirrored consumer homebuyers and have shifted their focus toward more affordable homes. I just sold one foreclosed house to an investor for $400,000.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2022

Retail housing market data from June showing early signs of a real estate slowdown was foreshadowed three months earlier in buyer behavior at foreclosure auctions. The as-is market value is typically based on a drive-by broker price opinion or external-only appraisal given the properties are usually still occupied.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Of these eight companies, CoStar and Zillow are by far the largest by market capitalization. The opposite trajectories of their stock prices seem to reflect investor appetites for their different business models. That revenue concentration seems to be what had investors heading for the exits on Friday.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In December 2023, a startling rumor started to spread on social media — that large institutional buyers had purchased 44% of the available homes on the market in 2023, leaving policymakers concerned with the potentially predatory grip of these entities. New Western , meanwhile, also stood out as a marketplace for real estate investors.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2022

Institutional real estate investors — often mammoth operators with ties to Wall Street — gobbled up record amounts of inventory in almost every corner of the pandemic-induced fever dream that was the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception: distressed properties sold at foreclosure auction. Bulk Buyer Bonanza.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

In a supply-constrained housing market , even landing a deal at foreclosure auction has become challenging, but those deals tend to be more readily available in markets or neighborhoods that are off the beaten path. It’s very, very market dependent right now. I’m still focusing on those markets with very low (retail) inventory.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Real estate investors purchasing distressed properties at foreclosure auction have been telegraphing a possible housing market slowdown for the last six months. A deeper dive into foreclosure buyer behavior shows which markets are most likely to see a home price correction in the next six months.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

For investors in the private-label securities (PLS) market, the earlier signal was enough to unleash a boatload of money that had been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the “peak” to arrive, according to several market experts interviewed recently by HousingWire. And future rate cuts mean less return [for investors].

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Many real estate investors were serendipitously ahead of this shift even before the pandemic started, driven by both affordability and an affinity for overlooked markets. Currently I’m in some of the Southern markets like Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Indianapolis, Ohio. 75% out-of-state buyers); Calhoun County, Ala. (60%);

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

mortgage rate, the prospective buyer with a $3,000 budget can afford a $453,000 home. In October, a buyer with the same monthly budget and a 7.8% Redfin agents report that buyers have come to terms with rates in the 6s, even if they’re double the historically low costs that buyers had during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2022

The pace of purchase-loan originations as well as transactions in the private-label securities market started to slow by the second quarter of this year as interest rates continued to spike, according to mortgage industry experts. in 2021 were bought by institutional investors,” Lind said. “In

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Real estate investors are buying more properties, but paying less for them, according to a report from RealtyTrac released Thursday based on ATTOM Data Solutions home sales data. In the second quarter of 2021, investor purchases accounted for 15.4% of the market. of the market. of all home purchases a year prior.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2024

Online real estate auction marketplace Xome is launching a DIY sales platform for investors. Xome is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Mr. Cooper Group that provides mortgage servicers with end-to-end asset marketing and disposition strategies, recapture solutions, and real estate and data services.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 10, 2022

The Federal Reserve ’s (Fed) efforts to beat back inflation with its monetary tools have already shifted the winds in the secondary market for mortgage-backed securities (MBS). trillion MBS portfolio helps fuel widening interest-rate spreads in the MBS market by creating additional MBS supply to be absorbed by investors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Mortgage Capital Trading (MCT) announced the appointment of Jennifer Kennelly as the new senior director of its investor services team. MCT aims to utilize Kennelly’s experience in the mortgage industry and capital markets to grow its Bid Auction Manager Marketplace, an open mortgage loan exchange platform launched in 2020.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Dubbed “Investors Flex,” the non-QM product for real estate investors, offered purchase and refinance loans up to $2 million that could be used to finance up to 20 properties by using each property’s monthly rental income to qualify.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Senate have introduced bills in their respective chambers designed to ban hedge funds from participating in the single-family housing market, citing supply and affordability challenges as justification. Data shows that institutional investors currently maintain a sizable stake in the single-family housing space. “By

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2024

The housing market has been on a topsy-turvy roller-coaster ride in recent years that has been particularly neck wrenching since this past fall, fueled by stubbornly high inflation and a still-strong jobs market. Treasury market — jumping to as high as 121 in mid-April after ending March near 85.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2021

Cash buyers are pouring into the housing market this year, and they’re picking off more than half of available inventory in certain areas in Florida and New York. “I’ve never seen more cash in Boise’s housing market than I’ve seen in the past year,” Pendleton said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Find your audience Not every real estate transaction is the same because not all buyers and sellers are the same. Do you specialize in helping first-time buyers and sellers, or are you leaning towards working with real estate investors ? Again, how you market will depend on your audience. They cross-promote the event.

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Housing Wire

JULY 28, 2023

Meanwhile, the total number of starter homes on the market is down 15%, also the biggest drop since the start of the pandemic. Buyers searching for starter homes in today’s market are on a wild goose chase because in many parts of the country, there’s no such thing as a starter home anymore,” said Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the ever-competitive real estate market, creating a consistent flow of real estate buyer leads is strategy for success. But beyond first-timers, we’ll show you how to attract real estate buyers of all kinds through a multi-tiered marketing approach that boosts both your visibility and credibility with potential buyers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2022

Experienced real estate investors often say that there are opportunities in every market — whether prices are rising or falling, whether the trends lean towards a buyers’ market or a seller’s market. It’s simply a matter of adjusting your investment strategy to optimize current market conditions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in the spotlight again over the role some housing-industry experts say they could play in reducing mortgage rates if they resumed a more active investor role in the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market. In a market in which supply exceeds demand, investors have the advantage in pricing.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

Investors provide capital necessary for many families to fulfill their aspirations of living in a house whether renting or owning. housing stock; yet, they bring some unique characteristics to the market. How can investors help with homeownership? Let’s switch gears and consider how investors help with home ownership.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

The Federal Housing Administration said that nonprofit organizations and owner-occupant buyers will have first dibs on foreclosed properties that get auctioned off through its Claims Without Conveyance of Title (CWCOT) program, specifically prioritizing these groups over investors.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Purchases of single-family rental properties by investors are on the rise in Sunbelt cities like Phoenix; Austin, Texas; Las Vegas; Tampa; and Charlotte, among others, according to research by John Burns Real Estate Consulting. The post Wall Street investors are the new breed of single-family landlords appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

“Home sellers are buyers” — this is a phrase that I have been using in my economic work to explain the reality of the housing market recently. Yes, this, my friends, is why I say the housing market is savagely unhealthy, something I discussed with CNBC last Friday. Obviously, people don’t sell a home to be homeless.

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Appraisal Buzz

MAY 19, 2022

Up from 40% a year ago, 55% of real estate investors feel that their local market is overvalued and expect to see a price correction in the coming months. The post Over Half of Investors Believe Market is Overvalued appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The deal came on the front end of market hype about the build-to-rent space, which cooled somewhat in 2023 as higher interest rates prompted a pullback by builders. But 2024’s deals show investor interest has persisted. Sales were half that in 2023, but the commercial real estate brokerage notes that $1.5 With the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

At the crux of the case is the allegation that commission rates are too high, it’s unfair that the seller pays the buyer’s agent’s commission, and that the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Code of Conduct and MLS Handbook lead to set pricing.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2022

To get the housing market to be sane and normal again, we need inventory to get back in a range between 1.52 – 1.93 million ; this is still historically low, but this gives the housing market a breather from the madness that we see today. One of the critical data lines that I want to see improve this year is days on market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2022

Co-founded in 2019 by Tim Herman and Louis Wilson, the lender and “power buyer” allows homebuyers to make all-cash offers to compete with institutional investors. UpEquity earns a commission from brokering or selling the mortgage buyers take out to buy their homes. In October, ??the

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Federal Reserve ‘s effort to temper inflation has cooled the housing market that remains subdued with mortgage rates north of 7%. However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. So you’re having to encourage investors with wider spreads to accept that.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2021

Auction.com buyer and real estate investor Sue McCormick is ahead of the curve when it comes to President Joe Biden’s plan to revitalize underserved neighborhoods while also providing affordable housing for low- and moderate-income homebuyers. “My Markets with Most Qualifying Inventory. of the 2021 estimated market value.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2022

This data line lags the current housing market as it’s a few months old. The housing market can’t replicate the type of massive credit expansion we saw from 2002-2005, so the price-growth story has more to do with inventory collapsing to all-time lows. Also, certain investors felt no fear post-2020.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 29, 2021

Professional buyers make for tough competition, but in cities including Dallas, Atlanta, and LA, they are selling more than they are acquiring. The post Investors Replenishing Housing Stock in 19 Major Markets appeared first on DSNews.

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