Multifamily Investing

LUMBER PRICE UNCERTAINTY PERSISTS AS HOUSING MARKET IS POISED FOR EXPANSION

Supply-side limitations, such as mill curtailments and forest fires, coupled with housing strength have caused lumber prices to rise in recent months.   By Vincent Salandro Adobe Stock While the lumber outlook was bearish as recently as a few months ago, changes in the market that impacted supply—including mill curtailments and forest fires—and housing strength caused…

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Understanding the Real Estate Investment Return Metrics

Introduction Passive real estate investors will often find themselves bombarded with various deals to consider. Making sense of each opportunity to buy investment property can take time. Evaluating deals is some combination of art and science. Understanding the nuances of the local marketplace, competition, etc. is the art. The science involves digging into the numbers…

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FHA Move on Multifamily Loans to Spur More Housing

The Federal Housing Administration announced Thursday it is increasing the threshold for large multifamily loans for the first time in a decade. © MarkHatfield – iStock/Getty Images Plus With crisis-level inventory shortages plaguing the housing market, the National Association of REALTORS® praised the Federal Housing Administration’s decision Thursday to increase the loan threshold for large…

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Why we don’t really want U.S. Debt Default

U.S. Debt Default Could Spike Home Buying Costs by 22 Percent A Debt Default Would Immediately Overwhelm Buyers With 8 Percent Or Higher Mortgage Rates Based on new research by Zillow, the U.S. government defaulting on its debt, which could become a reality as soon as June 1, 2023 without intervention, could send the typical…

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12 Ways To Make Passive Income From Real Estate Investing

Here are 12 ways to make passive income from real estate investments. If you want to be a fully passive investor, the first four are for you! 1. Publicly-Traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) REITs publicly traded in the stock market are often considered the easiest, more affordable way to invest in real estate. In the…

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ATTOM: Foreclosure rates returning to pre-pandemic levels

ATTOM’s 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report shows that foreclosure filings are up 118% compared to this time last year. In August alone, lenders in the United States began the foreclosure process on 23,952 properties. Numbers that high haven’t been seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic. “Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and after…

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Chicago – a top 10 city for real estate investment in 2022/23

by Patrick Regan  September 15, 2022 Norada Real Estate Investments recently revealed its 21 best cities for real estate investment in 2022 and 2023, and Chicago made the list. The firm looked at data and trends across the U.S. to determine its rankings, noting each city has its “own set of qualities and disadvantages, but many of them…

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What Does a Recession Do To The Housing Market?

A major concern plaguing the country right now is around the possibility of a recession. We haven’t seen a recession since the 2008 financial crisis, and now we could be headed for one. For real estate investors, we answer a pertinent question, what does a recession do to the housing market? While the US housing market took…

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