Technology advances will benefit both borrowers and originators. As eMortgages, including eClosings, gain traction and acceptance, the mortgage industry is focused on implementing the latest technology to reduce costs, attract customers and gain efficiencies amid a competitive environment. It’s not an entirely smooth transition, but progress is underway. Fitch Ratings reported in a late 2019 [...]
The housing market holds its own amid economic and political challenges. Trade tensions, lackluster business investment, a volatile equities market and political uncertainty could create economic challenges in the new year; however, the real estate industry—and the lending market that supports it—remain on relatively firm footing. That’s not to say there won’t be challenges in [...]
Demographic trends should generally support strong single-family rental demand into the future and provide opportunities. The single-family rental (SFR) market appears poised for continued growth, even amid concerns about a weakening economy and the potential for a market correction as early as 2020, or possibly even in 2021. As of September 2019, the Federal Reserve [...]
Long-term rentals offer investors an attractive opportunity. House flippers have had a long and profitable run during the current real estate cycle. But as home prices moderate, real estate investors and private lenders are increasingly turning their attention to long-term rentals, where opportunities appear to be as strong as ever. Rent prices for single-family rental [...]
Flips purchased with financing rise to 9.5-year high Housing analysts have recently expressed caution about the residential real estate investment market due to rising home prices and competition. But, investors continue to find deals and set records while increasingly tapping the debt markets to finance their flips. Home flipping set a record during the first [...]
Patch of Land, a leading online real estate lending marketplace engineered to help real estate investors build wealth and generate cash-flow, has announced that Paul Deitch, the company’s CEO since April 2016 will be stepping down for personal reasons. As a result, Jason Fritton, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, will return to the role [...]
Ease of use and portfolio diversity among the benefits to investors By Brian Fritton, Chief Technology Officer at Patch of Land Automatic investment tools are gaining traction with real estate crowdfunding platforms as a way for investors to obtain greater access to transactions that meet their investing criteria Available on most well-known real estate crowdfunding [...]
Real estate crowdfunders have disrupted the status quo of residential real estate investing with online platforms that put new opportunities — once the domain of the wealthy — into the hands of Main Street America. The growth of real estate crowdfunding into a billion-dollar industry has been nothing short of phenomenal, and the sector has [...]
The real estate crowdfunding space is a booming industry. This can be a good thing for borrowers and real estate investors as online marketplace lenders provide fast, efficient and transparent offerings. Bloomberg, quoting Jason Best, a partner at Crowdfund Capital Advisors, noted how last year the U.S. online lending volume more than tripled between 2014 [...]
In historic fashion, investing opportunities for ordinary Americans took on new meaning in the spring of 2016 when equity crowdfunding rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission took effect. Besides opening up a whole new world to non-accredited investors, Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (Regulation CF) expanded options for entrepreneurs [...]
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