by Glen | Jun 12, 2019 | Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Private Lending, Property Valuation
The economic news has been wild recently with GDP soaring, consumer confidence down, and the federal reserve holding monetary policy (interest rates) steady. It is challenging to decipher what is actually going on with the economy with so many mixed messages. With...
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...
by Glen | May 9, 2019 | Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Hard Money in the News, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, In the Press, Underwriting/Valuation
I’ve mentioned many times that house flipping is getting a little “long in the tooth”. This week I was featured in BusinessWeek/Bloomberg on this topic ( great article here is the link in case you missed it). Nationwide flipping has grown exponentially....
by Glen | Apr 25, 2019 | commercial hard money, Commercial Lending valuation, hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Real Estate economic trends
We are well into 2019 and recession risks seems to have faded into the rear view mirror. Is this a facade? Are we out of the woods yet? What changed? The biggest wildcard going into 2019 was the pace and number of increases from the federal reserve. What has...
by Glen | Apr 18, 2019 | General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
Recently zestimates have been on an upward trajectory, far outpacing typical gains in the market (the graph above shows a 50% increase in two years). Why is the zestimate suddenly increasing? Why is it increasing so rapidly? Is the zestimate really the market value? ...
by Glen | Feb 25, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Hard Money in the News, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
Why would a truck rental company provide a list of the top real estate markets to invest in? Penske, the truck rental company, revealed the top 10 moving destinations in the country. They have been compiling the list since 2010 to track one-way rentals to cities...
