by Glen | Jan 15, 2021 | Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Realtor, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
The Coronavirus has impacted businesses throughout the economy and real estate is not immune from the radical changes caused by social distancing and lockdowns. How will the real estate industry adapt to the changes? What does this mean for the future of real...
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...
