by Glen | May 7, 2020 | commercial hard money, Commercial Lending valuation, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, Private Lending
I hope everyone is doing well in light of the recent events. I was recently asked: “Did the Federal Reserve trigger a housing market crash?” What happened? The Coronavirus struck, the fed had to act swiftly to mitigate the damage, but by flooding the market with...
by Glen | Nov 4, 2019 | Commercial Lending valuation, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, Property Valuation, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Realtor, residential lending valuation
The Federal reserve dropped the federal funds rate again which wasn’t a big surprise as the market was pricing in a 96% probability of a rate cut. This is the third cut this year effectively creating a “floor” under real estate. How did the federal reserve create a...
by Glen | Aug 13, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, interest rates
The federal reserve cut rates by a quarter percent at their recent meeting. This is the first cut since 2008. A rate cut now is a bit peculiar as the economy is doing quite well with inflation low, unemployment at record lows, and the stock market at record...
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 | 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...
