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Shh! There is a big secret going on in the banking community. Do you know what it is? About six months ago I started seeing an interesting trend. Many banks were starting to be a little more conservative on their…
Jim Rogers, the famous investor and republican supporter who called the last recession, recently said “there was a 100 percent probability that the U.S. economy would be in a downturn within one year.” (see articles below). I’m not convinced we…
In 2016 commercial real estate deal volume fell by 11% for the first time since 2009! According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, some prominent real estate investors are reducing their holdings and taking money off the table. …
Last week I wrote about the large increase in flips in Atlanta. I was surprised that Atlanta was above its pre-recession peak. This got me thinking about Denver. In the Denver news today, it was reported that foreclosures recently…
A recent Trulia analysis of U.S. listings shows that 3.9 percent of homes that moved from for-sale to pending moved back to for-sale again, nearly double the rate in 2015. What is the number one reason sales typically fall…
2017 promises to be an interesting year for real estate investors. Will the bulls continue to run rampant driving up prices or are the bears going to finally come out to play? Although real estate is market specific (for…
What does great clips have to do with real estate? I went to get a haircut at great clips at 8 am on a Tuesday morning and the place was packed and yet a month earlier on the same date…
Shares of Banks soared today as real estate took a little breather. What does a trump presidency mean for the markets and mortgage/real estate professionals? Is Trump the “inflation president”? What does this mean for rates and real estate values? …
I saw a surprising announcement yesterday that the largest residential real estate company was starting a mortgage arm. This mortgage arm will work closely with its realtors throughout the country to provide a “one stop shop” for home buyers. What…
Let it float! I’m talking about rates that is. Why would anyone not lock in a mortgage at these historically low rates. It is a foregone conclusion that rates will increase in December (more than 80% of economists feel a…