In the week ending May 12, mortgage rates rose for the ninth time in ten weeks. 30-year fixed rates rose by three basis points to 5.30%. 30-year fixed rates jumped by 17 basis points in the week prior.
US mortgage rates jumped again this week, extending a steep climb that is shutting some would-be homebuyers out of the market.
When we were reading through real estate data this month, three stats caught our eye. The first: That the number of active foreclosures …
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Taxes, politics, and real estate investing might not be as salacious as sex, lies and videotape … but it’s arguably just as intriguing. By now we’re sure you’ve heard all the “outrage” about allegations the United States’ Real Estate Investor-in-Chief paid nearly no federal income tax. This shocks no one who understands real estate or the tax code, but …
Most investors don’t really know what it means … or what to do about it … Real estate investors are more likely to be interested in grading slopes than yield curves. And the Fed’s balance sheet? That’s REALLY esoteric and boring. BUT … the Fed is the most powerful and influential financial force in the world … …
That’s right. It’s another episode of our favorite topics from our favorites guests … YOU! It’s time for another segment of Ask The Guys … and we’re ready to tackle the tough questions. We’re touching on 401ks, purging portfolios of problem properties, and how to prepare for what many believe is an inevitable bust. And …
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The mother of all private equity firms just issued a warning … Blackstone Group Warns of the Mother of All Bubbles Investopedia via Yahoo Finance – 11/11/19 According to the article, Blackstone’s “… biggest concern is negative yields on sovereign debt worth $13 trillion …”. Remember, the 2008 financial crisis was detonated in bond markets … and the bomb …
Lending is a big part of real estate investing … but sometimes your situation doesn’t fit the traditional lending mold. If you … or your deals … require out-of-the-box funding … have no fear! There is a great, big, wide world of alternative funding solutions just waiting to be discovered. And the payoff can be …
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As of this writing, we’re not sure what the Fed will do with interest rates, though it’s widely expected they’ll cut. So as much as we’d like to talk about what it means to real estate investors, we’ll wait to see what happens. And even though mainstream financial media are finally paying attention to gold …