Real estate investments

Households shelled out 5% more to upgrade their properties compared to a year ago, but volume will decline by almost 8% over the next 12 months, according to Harvard researchers.

The share of residential property buyers that put themselves in the most optimistic category jumped notably in the latest edition of an RCN survey.

Over 150 former staff of the real estate investment lender that was acquired by Roc360 earlier this year are among the founding team of the new venture named CV3.

While the share is slightly lower than at the start of 2023, the market is not expected to slip back to lower pre-pandemic levels, CoreLogic said.

Overall sentiment in the segment shows 30% of businesses expect market conditions to become more favorable for them over the next six months, while 26% said they would get worse, according to a new study.

Democratic senators including Banking Chair Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren want to restrict tax breaks for large corporate investors that buy local homes and often drive up costs.

Businesses in the first quarter lost money in 1 of every 7 home sales, a rate which approached a seven-year high, Redfin said.

Sluggish sales, high mortgage rates and the exit of iBuyers all contributed to the larger share of properties going for less than original purchase value last month.

Return on investment fell to 26.9%, the smallest since 2008, according to a new report from Attom.

Many players in the segment appear to be holding back on plans amid concerns about falling prices and rents, according to Redfin.

Among current investors in the market, 7% are between 18 and 29 years old, while 15% of those looking to make their first purchases also belong to the same age group, according to a new study.

The coming months are likely to see greater focus on single-family rentals, reduced credit availability and potential new competitors entering the market.

Home Partners of America, the single-family landlord owned by Blackstone Inc., will stop buying homes in 38 US cities, becoming the latest institutional investor to back away from an overheated housing market.

The Minnesota woman altered documents and failed to file documents as promised in cheating multiple investors between 2018 and 2020.

Zigg Capital led the Series B raise for the West Coast-based digital platform, which was founded by former employees of Freddie Mac and Palantir.

While lack of inventory and high prices remain on their list of worries, rising interest rates also stand to make a greater impact.

KKR & Co. is acquiring a lending platform that caters to home-flippers, giving the investing giant an opportunity to eventually invest $1 billion a year in small real estate loans.

The sponsors got the portfolio through multiple acquisitions from May through October.

Real estate investors acquired a record 18% of U.S. homes sold in the third quarter of 2021, wagering $64 billion that home prices and rents will continue to surge.

High property value growth can be locked in through proximity to one of the top amenities an area can have: grocery stores.