Tag Archives: Investors

The competition is on. First-time homebuyers in need of financing methods are losing out on homes that are being swiped from them by cash investors.

While homeownership sits at a stagnant level, rental markets remain healthy. See which markets RentRange says are ripe for SFR investors.

Housing markets across the nation have seen some major growth in home prices and sales over the last two years, but there are some markets are still lagging behind.

As investors navigate the real estate market, they are faced with some the same issues as others in the mortgage industry such as regulations and compliance, the highs and lows of growth, and technology innovation.

The newest business feature of the single-family rental market is comprised of large investors—backed by private equity—that use a buy-to-rent strategy, but how does this size up compared to professionally-managed apartment complexes and will these businesses last?

After investing in a home, buyers can expect to be billed every month for about 15 to 30 years. Read on to see where Realtor.com finds that a mortgage payment would not drag out for the entire life of the loan.

Investors looking to purchase properties in thriving housing markets would be wise to be wary of the state of the economy in the markets where they shop.

Investors looking for a bargain property would do wise to pay attention to the sticker price and not the hype.

Prior to these additions, the data available to investors remained limited to loan level data and loss data on 30-year, fixed-rate single-family loans.

A group of Citigroup Inc., investors recently filed a lawsuit against the bank, with the allegations that the bank failed to address problems related to toxic residential mortgage-backed securities.