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Housing is the canary in the coal mine, says Tri Pointe Homes CEO Doug Bauer

By Richard | Nov 6, 2022

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailDoug Bauer, CEO at Tri Pointe Homes, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss sluggish demand in housing, housing as a recession indicator and adjusting price to payment as costs come down.05:12Fri, Nov 4 202211:26 AM EDT Source link

The “Energy of Money” and Why You’re Looking at Debt All Wrong

By Richard | Nov 6, 2022

Interest rates have become a hot topic over the past six months. Back in 2020 and 2021, homeowners were bragging to their friends about their rock-bottom mortgage rates and how they secured financing at three percent or less! But times have changed, and seven percent interest rates are becoming the norm. Now, nobody is bragging—in […]

Companies still have way too much office space, and they can’t sell it

By Richard | Nov 6, 2022

Collin Madden, founding partner of GEM Real Estate Partners, walks through empty office space in a building they own that is up for sale in the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, May 14, 2021. Karen Ducey | Reuters A few things we know about corporate real estate: it’s a focus of cost-cutting for […]

Double Your Cash Flow Overnight (In ANY Market) with Medium-Term Rentals

By Richard | Nov 5, 2022

Medium-term rentals are not new to real estate investing, but most investors have hardly heard of them. For years, corporate travelers would rent a room, apartment, or small property for a year or less. These travelers would pay a premium to avoid long-term leases and stay close to their work. But, with the rise of […]

House hunting this weekend? There’s more out there now

By Richard | Nov 5, 2022

A For Sale sign is posted in front of a property in Monterey Park, California on August 16, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images After more than two years of a historically lean housing market, listings are starting to rise − and swiftly. Active inventory nationally jumped 33.5% in October from the […]

Why We Turned Down a 5% Rate Mortgage

By Richard | Nov 5, 2022

Margin loans, medium-term rentals, and potential mortgage rate mistakes summarize what Carl and Mindy have been up to over the past couple of months. It’s been a minute since we’ve checked in on the ever-frugal Jensen family. But they’ve been gone for a good reason. Back at the start of the summer, Carl and Mindy […]

Online real estate market risk exposure with JMP Securities’ Nick Jones

By Richard | Nov 4, 2022

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Nick Jones, equity research analyst at JMP securities, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss Opendoor’s warning, the cash needed to navigate near term headwinds and forces needed to normalize the housing market. Source link

Could Cash Flow Get Cut Off?

By Richard | Nov 4, 2022

Landlords got used to rent prices growing every month. As home prices rose and affordability shrank, more landlords took steps to secure their cash flow by increasing rents by sometimes ten, fifteen, or even twenty percent. And, with inflation stronger than ever, most renters would be willing to pay for it. But, a reversal is happening […]

What the Fed’s fourth 0.75 percentage point rate hikes means for you

By Richard | Nov 3, 2022

The Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage point for the fourth time in a row on Wednesday, marking an unprecedented pace of rate hikes. The U.S. central bank has raised the benchmark short-term borrowing rate a total of six times this year, including 75 basis point increases in June, July and […]