by Glen | Dec 29, 2020 | Housing Price Trends / Information, Property Valuation, Residential hard money
I was amazed that there hasn’t been much fanfare about Costar’s recent purchase. Costar is the largest commercial property data company (Loopnet, Costar, Apartment.com, etc…) with a market cap of 35 billion dollars. The Homesnap purchase is an indicator of things...
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 18, 2020 | About Fairview Commercial Lending
I wanted to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy holiday season. With all the craziness going on, it is still nice to relish in the “creativity” of our fellow Man/Woman. As I am driving down the road, ironically not far from where the real Christmas Vacation was filmed...
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...
by Glen | Dec 2, 2020 | Colorado Hard Money, commercial property trends, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, Property Valuation
President-elect Joe Biden nominated former Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, the prior head of the Federal Reserve, to become the next Treasury secretary. The “market” loved the pick, should you? What does a Yellen pick for treasury mean for interest rates? ...
