Most distressed sales are going to smaller-volume buyers and, increasingly, owner-occupants. Large-volume homebuyers ramped up property acquisitions in the first half of 2021, but these are not your father’s institutional buyers. Unlike a decade ago, when Wall Street-backed hedge funds and other institutional investors swooped into the housing market and scooped up hundreds of thousands [...]
Supply influx converging with affordability-weakened demand would dampen price appreciation. An imbalance between low supply and high demand has pushed U.S. home prices up by double-digit percentages for nine consecutive months, capped by a record 19% increase in April. The April existing home sales report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows 1.16 million [...]
Current home flippers infuse the housing market with quality, affordable inventory. Proposed legislation in New York could make it harder for real estate investors to finance real estate renovation projects, which could further limit the supply of affordable housing inventory in the state, according to an analysis of home flipping data from the last two [...]
· Report also shows online auctions reduce REO holding times 52 percent · 71 percent owner-occupancy for resales of third-party foreclosure sales Irvine, Calif. — March 31, 2021 — Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, today released its 2021 Seller Strategy Report, which identifies distressed disposition strategies that yield better outcomes for mortgage [...]
Renovate-and-resell profits have soared during the pandemic, but does that make it a good time to flip? When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, Chicago-based investor Michael Hallman scrambled to mitigate any home flipping losses that might result from the shock to the economy and housing market. “I’ve got about 10 properties right now [...]
Investors in Dayton, Ohio, provide template for converting distressed homes into cash-flowing rentals. Not commonly known as a housing hot spot, Dayton, Ohio, has become the market of choice for real estate investors Scott Stuber and Tyrone Velasquez. The Denver-based married couple employs an investing strategy in which they purchase distressed properties at a discount [...]
Many investors are approaching acquisition opportunities with caution, even as they prepare for future buying opportunities that haven’t materialized. Real estate investors took a licking in late March following the coronavirus pandemic and national emergency declarations. “It’s going to be tough the next few months. Investors are scared,” said Chicago-area investor Michael Hallman in a [...]
Legislation aimed at deterring “property speculation and flipping in vulnerable neighborhoods” in New York City begs the question: Just how prevalent and harmful is home flipping in the five boroughs that would be impacted by the policy change? An Auction.com analysis of public record data from ATTOM Data Solutions shows home flipping in the five [...]
Daren Blomquist to be keynote speaker at American Association of Private Lenders’ Annual Conference KANSAS CITY, Mo. – August 3, 2017 – American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) will hold its eighth annual conference Sunday, November 12 through Tuesday, November 14 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The keynote speaker will be Daren Blomquist, Senior [...]
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