by Glen | Jun 3, 2020 | Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Realtor, Residential hard money
NY city is changing the real estate game implementing a ban on the NYC rental broker fee and making a host of other changes. At the same time New York leads all U.S. metro areas as the largest net loser with 277 people moving every day. What are the new laws? How...
by Glen | Mar 24, 2020 | Coronavirus 2020 real estate impact, Hard Money Lending, interest rates
We are still lending as we fund and hold our loans in cash! If you have been watching the mortgage market, your head is likely spinning. Last week, a mortgage rates drop for 30-year fixed mortgages hit a record low of 3% less than a week later rates have...
by Glen | Feb 11, 2020 | Commercial Lending valuation, General real estate financing information, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
Looks like we should have smooth sailing in 2020, but the National Association of Business economists (NABE), the premier professional association for business economists counting Alan Greenspan as their past president, just released their business outlook predictions...
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 | Oct 18, 2019 | Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
In September, Toyota’s year over year auto sales plummeted 16.5%, Honda down 14%, and Nissan down almost 18%. The severity of the slide stokes fears that a long-anticipated car sales collapse may be arriving. Why should you care about Autos in real estate?...
