by Glen | Aug 19, 2020 | interest rates, Private Lending, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Residential hard money
The mortgage market is an interesting animal. Long term mortgage rates traditionally track the 10 year treasury and historically trade in a very narrow band, approximately one percent higher than the 10 year treasuries. This would put mortgages today in the low 2%...
by Glen | Aug 13, 2020 | commercial hard money, Commercial Lending valuation, commercial private lending, Coronavirus 2020 real estate impact
Commercial property values were recently hitting peaks with investors rushing to invest in high quality commercial real estate as yields on other assets like treasuries continued to languish. Now the tides have turned with some high quality commercial property now...
by Glen | Aug 5, 2020 | Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
When the shutdowns from the pandemic rippled through the economy, I saw statistics that up to a third of all mortgages could end in default. At the same time, home sales of previously owned homes just dropped to a 10 year low. What is going on in the housing...
by Glen | Jul 29, 2020 | Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
Do you know where the next mortgage defaults will occur in your city? What cities and zip codes are most at risk during this recession? In every recession, there are two predictors of default/loss, collateral and equity. What does the data tell us today?...
by Glen | Jul 21, 2020 | General real estate financing information, property taxes, real estate taxes, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
Presidential nominee Biden has rolled out his proposed tax plan with two major pillars that will impact real estate pros. 1) Elimination of the 1031 exchange provision 2) elimination of long term capital gains. These two changes, if passed, will have huge...
