Fannie and Freddie Introduce Tougher Lending Guidelines
Category: Real Estate Total Views: 219By : Dominic Sanders Updated: 08-05-2024
Stricter Rules for Commercial Property Lenders and Brokers
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, mortgage financing companies, intend to restrict guidelines for brokers and commercial property lenders. This action tracks a regulatory crackdown on fraud in the multi-trillion dollar real estate sector. Lenders now have to personally confirm the financial data of apartment buildings and other multifarious properties. These revisions seek to reduce industry-wide fraudulent activity that has dog... Read More
Steady Home Prices Signal Balanced U.S. Housing Market
Category: Real Estate Total Views: 369By : Dylan Bailey Updated: 07-30-2024
U.S. Single-Family Home Prices Remain Steady in May
Reflecting a stabilizing of the housing market, U.S. single-family home prices in May remained unchanged. Following a 0.3% rise in April, this flat performance showed a cooling trend. With this same reading, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) indicated that the market is getting used to rising mortgage rates. Consistent home prices point to an equilibrium between supply and demand. Potential purchasers who have seen quick ... Read More
June New Home Sales Drop Despite Easing Mortgage Rates
Category: Real Estate Total Views: 176By : Owen Jenkins Updated: 07-25-2024
New Home Sales Drop to Seven-Month Low in June
June's sales of newly built single-family homes dropped to a seven-month low. With a 0.6% drop noted by the Census Bureau of the Commerce Department, the seasonally adjusted annual rate comes to 617,000 units. Since November, this represents the lowest level. May's sales pace, on the other hand, was raised from the earlier stated 619,000 units to 621,000 units. This surprising decline in June sales is unambiguous evidence that... Read More
How to Protect Your Rental Real Estate Investment
Category: Real Estate Total Views: 1154By : Olivia Taylor Updated: 07-24-2024
Introduction to Protecting Your Rental Real Estate Investment
Renting real estate has become a go-to investment strategy these days. It's a good way to earn a consistent income and accumulate long-term wealth.
However, renting a real estate property comes with many risks. Your tenant can file a lawsuit against you, property damage risk and unforeseen circumstances can all spoil your investment success.
Therefore, be proactive in protecting your assets, and ... Read More
3 Avoidable Marketing Mistakes Real Estate Startups Can Make
Category: Real Estate Total Views: 1053By : Ryan Hughes Updated: 07-24-2024
Introduction to Effective Marketing Strategies for Real Estate Startups
Starting a business is no easy feat. There’s less comfort in knowing that 90% of startups fail, according to 2024 data sourced from Exploding Topics. The same report found that new business success rates are 10 to 20% over the long term.
The odds against the real estate sector didn’t bode well. About 48% of real estate startups failed within four years. However, there’s still hope f... Read More