by Glen | May 27, 2020 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, General real estate financing information, Hard Money in the News, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
We are in an interesting economic cycle. In the last recession, house prices plummeted up to 60% in some areas. We currently hit the highest unemployment rate since the great depression yet house prices continue to appreciate. This is exactly the opposite of what...
by Glen | Nov 12, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends
Although, the recent November election was an off year with few major items on the ballot, there was one big takeaway from last election that could be precedent setting for cities throughout the country. It is amazing that Airbnb spent over 4.2m on one small...
by Glen | Oct 12, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending valuation, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
It is interesting to watch the release of indexes like the Case Schiller on a regular basis. Many of the same cities continue to pop up like Atlanta and Denver. Why? What continues to drive markets like Atlanta and Denver? Can you predict what cities will show up...
by Glen | Aug 27, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money
As US superstar top 20 real estate investment cities thrive, the weaker ones get left behind. In many ways the country has seemingly recovered from a 2007-2009 recession that was the worst downturn since the 1930s. But a Reuters analysis of federal data...
by Glen | Aug 13, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, interest rates
The federal reserve cut rates by a quarter percent at their recent meeting. This is the first cut since 2008. A rate cut now is a bit peculiar as the economy is doing quite well with inflation low, unemployment at record lows, and the stock market at record...
by Glen | Jun 4, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending valuation, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
We keep hearing that the spring real estate season is just around the corner, yet the April housing numbers came out showing a 4.4% decline from 2018 and continuing a downward trend of declining sales for the 14th straight month. What is driving this trend? What are...