by Glen | Jan 3, 2017 | Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
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 example Detroit vs. Denver) there are...
by Glen | Nov 18, 2016 | Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Uncategorized
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 and time there wasn’t a single patron. Why? How can this pattern or lack thereof...
by Glen | Nov 10, 2016 | Commercial Lending valuation, Housing Price Trends / Information, News, Real Estate Trends
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? Let’s start with...
by Glen | Oct 26, 2016 | Commercial Lending valuation, Government Bailout, Hard Money in the News
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 does this mean...
by Glen | Oct 14, 2016 | Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money in the News, Housing Price Trends / Information
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 hike will occur: WSJ). With such strong...
by Glen | Sep 21, 2016 | Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation
Close before the leaves hit the ground on residential(investment) and commercial properties Happy Fall. With other companies advertising they can close before the holidays, at Fairview we can do better and close before the leaves even fall. Our average close...