by Glen | May 27, 2024 | 2024 mortgage rates, 2024 real estate predictions, 90s real estate recession, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Commercial Lending valuation, commercial property trends, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, Government Bailout, hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
Wow, what a year. In December the market was anticipating as many as 4 rate cuts this year. At the same time the federal reserve was doing a victory dance on pulling of a soft landing. Fast forward and inflation is still hot and there is now a question of if...
by Glen | Mar 11, 2024 | 2024 mortgage rates, 2024 real estate predictions, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta real estate trends, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, Colorado ski real estate, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money, Hard Money Lending, hard money loans, Housing Price Trends / Information, how will real estate prices be impacted by falling stocks, interest rates, mortgage rates
When I was writing this article rates were hovering right around 7%. At the same time economists are predicting a sharp decline in mortgage rates and a booming 2024 real estate market. On the other hand, the chart above shows a much different picture. Where do...
by Glen | Mar 4, 2024 | Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, Closing, Commercial Loan Servicing, General real estate financing information, Georgia hard money, hard money, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, hard money loans, Housing Price Trends / Information
It is crazy how far technologically we have come, but at the same time how fragile our infrastructure is. On of the largest cities in Atlanta (Fulton County) recently had a cyber “incident” which shut down the city and halted all real estate closings. This...
by Glen | Feb 26, 2024 | 2024 mortgage rates, 2024 real estate predictions, 90s real estate recession, Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, Bank failures, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado private lender, commercial hard money, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, Georgia hard money, Government Bailout, Housing Price Trends / Information
There is a theory that locked in low mortgage rates will force owners to stay in their houses. This has led to a huge shortage of inventory throughout the country. Why is the “lock in effect” starting to wind down? What does this mean for real estate prices over...
by Glen | Jan 29, 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, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, General real estate financing information, Georgia hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information
Anytime you turn on the news you hear about high house prices and that the culprit is that supply has not kept up with demand. Is supply really the main culprit of housing prices or did something else that occurred during Covid radically alter the market? ...
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...
