by Glen | Mar 11, 2021 | interest rates, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation, Small Balance Commercial Lending, Underwriting/Valuation
As a result of the current loose monetary policy and additional stimulus coming down the pipe, “imbalances” within the economy are starting to form. BofA predicts a 10% drop in stock prices. What are other experts saying on the stock market? How will this impact...
by Glen | Feb 2, 2021 | General real estate financing information, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing
There has been a flurry of good news with stocks reaching records, talks of more stimulus, and vaccines rolling out. Small stocks like Gamestop and AMC have been off the charts minting new millionaires every day. What does all this mean for real estate? How will...
by Glen | Jan 19, 2021 | Commercial Lending valuation, commercial property trends, Denver Hard Money, General real estate financing information, hard money, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates
Denmark, the country with the longest history of negative central bank rates is offering homeowners 20-year loans at a fixed interest rate of zero. This is very similar to the zero percent financing on cars in the US except you are buying a house. What does this...
by Glen | Jan 6, 2021 | Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, Atlanta real estate trends, Georgia hard money, interest rates, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
Happy new year to everyone. It is crazy that we are still talking about the election … it seems like it is never ending. Fortunately the Georgia senate runoffs were the last of this cycle. As Georgia flipped Democratic, treasury rates jumped to their highest since...
by Glen | Dec 22, 2020 | interest rates, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Residential hard money
What a year 2020 has been! The pandemic struck, unemployment has hit records, there was a nice rebound in the summer, and recently a downward trend due to the spike in Coronavirus cases. What does 2021 hold for the economy, interest rates, and residential and...
by Glen | Dec 11, 2020 | interest rates, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
Mortgage rates just blew through another record with the 30-year fixed rate dropping to 2.75%. If you have been watching the mortgage market, your head is likely spinning. How can mortgage rates go this low? Where do we go from here? How will the next president...
