by Glen | Aug 21, 2021 | Coronavirus 2020 real estate impact, coronavirus 2021 real estate impacts, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates
U.S. consumer sentiment fell in early August to the lowest level in nearly a decade as Americans grew more concerned about the economy’s prospects. It was the lowest reading for the measure since 2011. A sudden drop of this magnitude is extremely rare for the index. ...
by Glen | Jul 20, 2021 | Colorado ski real estate, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, mortgage rates, nightly rental real estate, private lender, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing
According to a recent Well’s Fargo economic report: the forecast for the level of services spending is expected to swell to more than four and a half years of typical spending packed into nine months. What does this transition from goods to services mean for real...
by Glen | Jun 17, 2021 | interest rates, mortgage rates, Private Lending, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
With the craziness in the market, I at least wanted to ease everyone into it with a relaxing picture 🙂 I wrote last week about rate increases coming down the pipe, but like everyone else I was surprised by the last federal reserve meeting and how quickly they changed...
by Glen | Jun 2, 2021 | Commercial Lending valuation, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates
The federal reserve on multiple occasions has called the recent spike in inflation “transitory” yet inflation just rose to its highest level since 1982. Will inflation increase over the short term and then fall to a much lower level in the future? Why is the answer...
by Glen | May 14, 2021 | Commercial Lending valuation, commercial property trends, interest rates, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
Inflation alert: It is usually not a good sign when Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said after the consumer price index report “I was surprised”. I am not sure what rock people are living under, but everything has increased in price from gasoline to restaurant...
