by Glen | Jan 22, 2024 | 2024 mortgage rates, 2024 real estate predictions, 90s real estate recession, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Bank failures, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Commercial Lending valuation, Commercial Loan Servicing, commercial private lending, commercial property trends, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, General real estate financing information, Georgia hard money, hard money loans, Housing Price Trends / Information
It is interesting that the market continues to focus on interest rates and employment as the barometer for the economy while totally ignoring one metric. As a lender I just did a year end analysis on our portfolio and one metric jumped off the page increasing...
by Glen | Jan 15, 2024 | 2024 mortgage rates, 2024 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, Government Bailout, hard money, Housing Price Trends / Information
The market keeps predicting a goldilocks scenario with 100% certainty where inflation falls without much if any impact on residential real estate. The “soft landing” will occur at the same time interest rates have skyrocketed and supposedly the consumer...
by Glen | Jan 8, 2024 | 2024 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, Hard Money Lending, Realtor, Realtor commision lawsuits
There has been a ton of talk regarding the lawsuits against the National Association of realtors, but from a practical perspective what does this mean for the market? Will buyer’s agent commissions be eliminated? One realtor association is not waiting for more...
by Glen | Jan 1, 2024 | 2024 mortgage rates, 2024 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Commercial Lending valuation, Commercial Loan Servicing, commercial property trends, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, hard money, interest rates, mortgage rates
Although the graph above looks like an old Atari game, it is the Federal reserve dot plot which shows a profound shift. Ironically, just a few weeks ago the Federal Reserve was touting higher rates for longer. Now the federal reserve has done a 180 and has...
by Glen | Dec 25, 2023 | 2024 mortgage rates, 2024 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, Bank failures, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, commercial property trends, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money
Before getting into my predictions, the chart above is indicative of the mixed signals in the economy. Prices are rising on cardboard due to increased consumer demand. How is demand for cardboard rising if consumer spending is slowing along with inflation? The answer...
by Glen | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023 real estate predictions, 2024 mortgage rates, 90s real estate recession, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Colorado ski lending, Colorado ski real estate, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, private lender, Private Lending
What do the increased conforming loan limits mean for real estate? The federal government (aka you the taxpayer) now backs mortgages up to 1.15m. The maximum size of home-mortgage loans eligible for backing by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has jumped sharply over the...
