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Investors back on the flipping bandwagon, as flipped homes up 18 percent from...
A new report shows that 43,197 single-family homes and condos were flipped — sold as part of an arms-length sale for the second time within a 12-month period — in the third quarter of 2015,...
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Chicago: Lessons from the most beat-up housing market in the country
By Lance Ramella and Danielle Leach Real Estate Consulting For years, our thesis has been that the national downturn and recovery (in blue below) will play out similarly to the mid-1980s downturn in...
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Reservoir of years-old bank-owned homes spilling into some markets due to...
Properties repossessed by lenders in the third quarter of 2015, bank-owned homes, had been in the foreclosure process an average of 630 days, according to new data from RealtyTrac. That 630 days was —...
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Sellers realize average price gain of 17 percent from home purchase price,...
A new report shows that homeowners who sold during the third quarter of 2015 realized an average price gain of $40,658 (17 percent) from the purchase price of their property, the highest average price...
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A new report says loan limits stifling new home sales in California and Arizona
By Adam Artunian John Burns Real Estate Consulting A new report from John Burns Real Estate Consulting says the pool of qualified new home buyers appears to be running thin in California and there are...
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Foreclosure starts jump 12 percent in October, largest month-over-month...
Foreclosures were started for the first time on 48,605 properties in October and there were 36,582 properties repossessed by lenders in October, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. The report...
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Remodeling spending expected to increase in 2016, Harvard study says
Spending on remodeling and home improvement show more optimism going into next year and are projected to more than double in 2016, according to a study from the Joint Center for Housing at Harvard....
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U.S. Home Sellers In 2015 Realized Biggest Price Gains Since 2007, According...
RealtyTrac’s Year-End 2015 U.S. Home Sales Report shows that U.S. home sellers in 2015 realized an average price gain since purchase of 11 percent ($20,378), the biggest average price gain for U.S....
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Homeownership No Longer Has Tax Savings
We believe we have found one of the primary reasons why entry-level home buying has not recovered—and why homeownership has been plunging. For decades, homeowners benefitted from both the financial and...
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Nationwide Foreclosure Activity Drops to Lowest Level in More Than Nine Years
RealtyTrac’s just-released Q1 and March 2016 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ shows first quarter foreclosure activity was below pre-recession levels in 78 out of 216 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas...
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Think Realty Awards of Distinction Honor Leaders in Real Estate Investing
Think Realty Magazine, the nation’s oldest continuously publishing news magazine dedicated to individual real estate investing, honors 20 outstanding leaders in the industry niche with the 2016 Think...
View ArticleStudent Housing Boom
Increasing Higher-Education Enrollment Points to Opportunity in Rental Investments Student enrollment in U.S. universities and colleges has been on an upward trend for the past decade, and it is...
View ArticleBalancing Act
Crowdfunding Garners Enthusiasm So Far, But Investors and Businesses Alike Should Weigh the Pros and Cons More than three years after the passage of the JOBS Act, the SEC implemented… more The post...
View ArticleNetworking for Success
Take Care to Ensure There are No Weak Links in Your Chain of Connections The scenario: You’re seriously considering investing in real estate this year. You have the money, perhaps… more The post...
View ArticleA Flip of the Numbers
Home Flipping Up in 2015 After Four-Year Slide, RealtyTrac Year-End Report Shows RealtyTrac’s Year-End and Q4 2015 U.S. Home Flipping Report shows that 179,778 U.S. single-family homes and condos were…...
View ArticleBoomers on the Move
Landlords Report a Surge in Number of Older Renters Seeking Walkable Areas. We Think There May Be a Trend Afoot. Will Baby Boomer homeownership fall? We believe it will. Earlier… more The post Boomers...
View ArticleU.S. Home Sellers’ Price Gains in March 2016 Highest Since December 2007
RealtyTrac’s March and Q1 2016 U.S. Home Sales report shows that U.S. home sellers in March on average sold for $30,500 more than their purchase price, a 17 percent average… more The post U.S. Home...
View ArticleFannie Mae Reports Conventional Single-Family Serious Delinquency Rate Down...
Fannie Mae’s has released its March 2016 Monthly Summary, containing information about the mortgage provider’s monthly and year-to-date activities for its gross mortgage portfolio, mortgage-backed...
View ArticleBlanket Bans on Renting to Criminals May Violate Fair Housing Act
Landlords beware: there’s a new housing sheriff in town and he wants you to rent your property to tenants who are murderers, rapists, thieves — and other criminals. “The fact… more The post Blanket...
View ArticleAll-Cash Buyers Nationwide See Discounted Price Per Square Foot in Q1 2016,...
RealtyTrac’s Q1 2016 U.S. Cash & Institutional Investor Housing Market Report shows that all-cash buyers of single-family homes and condos nationwide paid 23 percent less per square foot than all…...
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