by Glen | Jul 25, 2018 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money in the News, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Uncategorized
Is the bond market or federal reserve correct on the future of interest rates? Beyond 2019 there is huge disagreement. The Federal reserve has relayed that future tightening will continue, but the markets aren’t buying it. The bond market is predicting that a rate...
by Glen | Jul 19, 2018 | Housing Price Trends / Information, private lender, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
Residential housing starts fell 12.3%, multifamily fell 19.8%, and permits (a proxy for future builds) fell 2.2%. Furthermore a recent builder survey found that sales were “sluggish” in June (Marketwatch). What does all this mean for real estate values? Is the...
by Glen | Jun 14, 2018 | Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, Housing Price Trends / Information, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
The economy is in for a bit of a ride! The federal reserve in their last meeting changed their tone signaling two more rate increases this year as opposed to one bringing the total rate increase to four. Why is this change in tone important? What does this have to...
by Glen | Jun 6, 2018 | Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, Denver Hard Money, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money in the News, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation, Small Balance Commercial Lending
The Federal reserve in their recent Report on Economic Well being made two very concerning discoveries: 1) 40% of all adults if faced with an unexpected expense of $400 would not be able to cover it 2) 25% of all adults are not able to pay all of their current...
by Glen | Jun 1, 2018 | Atlanta Hard Money, Atlanta Private Lending, CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, hard money, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Property Valuation, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
In real estate should you be following your children? The chart above shows the net gain in births by state and provides a profound picture of the future of real estate. What is the importance of the chart and why is it so important for long term real...
by Glen | May 10, 2018 | commercial hard money, Commercial Loan Servicing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Small Balance Commercial Lending
Last year it was announced that Libor will be phased out by 2021. Why is this such big news? According to a fed survey almost 45% of mortgages are linked to Libor and the vast majority of jumbo loans are Libor based. In total there is about 862 billion...
