article thumbnail

Winners and losers of this volatile housing market

Housing Wire

Through numerous interviews with industry players, HousingWire assessed the rapidly changing housing market to determine who remains vulnerable to the higher-rate environment, and who’s primed to capitalize in the months ahead. Landlords hold the cards. The culling. billion, laid off 40 workers, or about 10% of its staff. “In

article thumbnail

Top LO Ben Cohen thinks first time buyers will return to the housing market this year

Housing Wire

Lower production volume means cutting staff and restructuring to better focus on the purchase market, Cohen said. Training LOs and getting on sales calls with real estate agents, insurance agents and wealth managers are what Cohen is prioritizing to drum up sales in a market where he expects rates to be in the 5% levels.

Buyers 373
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Homelessness is not an unsolvable problem

Housing Wire

Since 2022, Dallas and Collin Counties have seen: An 18% increase in people exiting homelessness to permanent housing (Rare) The number of days an average person experiences homelessness is 95 days. Any amount of time is too long, but landlord engagement and counseling has reduced this home search time.(Brief)

Landlords 355
article thumbnail

Opinion: Who decides what American neighborhoods look like?

Housing Wire

Concepts like getting a mortgage, taking out a line of credit, buying and selling a property and becoming a landlord are rarely part of classroom discussions or dinner-table conversations, unless your family happens to be in real estate. To expand the pipeline that leads people of color into real estate, an entire culture needs to change.

article thumbnail

Solving the Housing Shortage

DataMaster

If even a tiny percentage of that supply was made available in the housing market, we could find some relief. Getting current landlords to sell would take some heavy incentives. As for skilled laborers, training is time-consuming, and many students are unaware that construction is an option.

article thumbnail

Patch of Land is Proud Sponsor of the Think Realty National Conference & Expo in Atlanta

Patch of Land

If you’re a Real Estate Investor, Landlord, Property Manager, Wholesaler, Note Buyer, Private Lender, Rehabber or Real Estate Entrepreneur, there is no better event for you. Just as every local housing market presents multiple routes to ROI, every real estate investor has multiple options for creating personal real estate investing success.

Realty 28
article thumbnail

Solving the Housing Shortage

DataMaster

If even a tiny percentage of that supply was made available in the housing market, we could find some relief. Getting current landlords to sell would take some heavy incentives. As for skilled laborers, training is time-consuming, and many students are unaware that construction is an option.