by Glen | Jul 27, 2021 | Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, Underwriting/Valuation
U.S. consumer sentiment fell sharply and unexpectedly in early July to the lowest level in five months. Consumers’ complaints about rising prices on homes, vehicles, and household durables reached an all time record. Just 30% of all consumers cited favorable home...
by Glen | Jul 20, 2021 | Colorado ski real estate, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates, nightly rental real estate, private lender, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing
According to a recent Well’s Fargo economic report: the forecast for the level of services spending is expected to swell to more than four and a half years of typical spending packed into nine months. What does this transition from goods to services mean for real...
by Glen | Jul 13, 2021 | Colorado ski real estate, interest rates, mortgage rates, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money
The Federal Reserve has bought $982 billion of the mortgage bonds since March 5, 2020. As Federal Reserve officials discuss how to eventually scale back their easy-money policies, they are debating whether to start by reducing purchases of mortgage-backed securities...
by Glen | Jul 7, 2021 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Georgia hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates, real estate investing, real estate taxes, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
I have been saying for months that rent growth would accelerate. The numbers are in and according to Corelogic, Single-family rents were up 5.3% year over year in April, rising from a 2.4% increase in April 2020. Nationally, rent growth exceeded pre-pandemic rates...
by Glen | Jun 17, 2021 | interest rates, mortgage rates, Private Lending, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
With the craziness in the market, I at least wanted to ease everyone into it with a relaxing picture 🙂 I wrote last week about rate increases coming down the pipe, but like everyone else I was surprised by the last federal reserve meeting and how quickly they changed...
by Glen | Jun 10, 2021 | interest rates, mortgage rates, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
Consumer prices jump 5% in May (CPI); this is the highest movement since 2008. What does this mean for interest rates? Before getting into the details, I can quickly tell you with 100% certainty, the only way for mortgage rates to go is up. Why are mortgage rates...
