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13 Tips For Real Estate Investors Crafting An Exit Strategy
Source: Forbes --- Real estate investors know that not every purchase they make is going to be a win. In a few cases, you'll end up with a dud, where a property that looked good at first ends up being more trouble than it’s worth once you’ve bought it. This is why no...
Analyzing The Price Of Housing For Your Next Real Estate Purchase
Source: Forbes --- For buyers who simply want a home in which to raise their pets, plants and kids, these are tough times. They're made harder by low interest rates, tight housing inventory and pandemic-driven desires for more rooms inside and more space outside. All...
S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller Index Declined Again in December
Home price gains continued to drop across the United States according to the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. Before seasonal adjustment, the U.S. National Index posted a -0.8% month-over-month decrease in December, while the 10-City and...
How does the housing market affect UK productivity?
Source: Economics Observatory --- Where we live – and how much that costs us – affect our ability to work, to find suitable jobs and to access good schools. House prices also influence whether money is invested in property or in developing businesses. All this means...
Republicans: Affordable housing isn’t just the Democrats’ issue
Source: The Hill --- Expanding affordable housing is commonly considered a Democratic issue. But the issue is tailor-made for Republican approaches to policymaking — and Republicans in Congress should seize this opportunity. A renewed Republican focus on affordable...
Housing market crash: U.S. facing “rapidly evolving catastrophe” – how it will end
Source: AsiaMarkets.com --- The ‘reverse wealth effect’ caused by the escalating housing market crash in the United States will have a profound impact on the nation’s economy. That’s according to best-selling finance Author and former Wall Street analyst, John Rubino....
FHA Cuts Mortgage Insurance Rates, Providing More Opportunity for First-Time and Low-Income Buyers
Source: Howard Hanna --- Howard Hanna Mortgage Services is pleased to share the news about an exciting decrease in mortgage insurance premiums. Starting on March 20, 2023 the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) will reduce annual mortgage insurance premiums by 0.3...
Pending Home Sales Improved for Second Consecutive Month, Up 8.1% from December 2022
Pending home sales improved in January for the second consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors. All four U.S. regions posted monthly gains but saw year-over-year drops in transactions. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) — a...
Homes owned by Black households appreciated the fastest during the pandemic
Homes owned by Black families appreciated more than any others since the start of the pandemic, with the typical Black homeowner gaining nearly $84,000 in equity. Black Americans also made slight gains in homeownership rates, despite disproportionate job and income...
JPMorgan cuts mortgage jobs in Columbus, CEO Jamie Dimon says bank is ‘mostly expanding’
Source: The Columbus Dispatch --- The largest private employer in Columbus has cut some jobs in its mortgage business, a reflection of home lending being hurt by higher interest rates. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s CEO, Jamie Dimon, acknowledged the losses in an...
Are iBuyers good or bad for the real estate ecosystem
iBuyers, short for "instant buyers," are companies that use technology and data analysis to make fast cash offers on homes, usually at a discount. The concept of iBuyers first emerged in the early 2010s as a response to the traditional home selling process, which can...
How low will house prices go? Lessons from UK, US, Europe and elsewhere
Source: The Guardian --- Across the world house prices are breaking records – but this time it is because of how fast they are falling. Houses in Stockholm are now selling for 20% less than their peak, Sydney prices are down by almost 14% over the year, while in San...
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