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Report says housing market recovery to be led by demand by investors for rental property

Dennis Norman — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:45:08 +0000

According to a new report, The Shifting Nature of U.S. Housing Demand, by The Demand Institute, average home prices will increase by up to 1 percent in the second half of 2012. By 2014, home prices will increase by as much as 2.5 percent. From 2015 to 2017, the study projects annual increases between 3 and 4 percent. This recovery will not be uniform across the country, and the strongest markets could capture average gains of 5 percent or more in the coming years. [...] Related posts:

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April rents up 5.6 percent from a year ago

Dennis Norman — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:33:05 +0000

In a report released by Trulia shows that, in April, rents were 5.6 percent higher than a year ago. Not surprising, the areas with the highest rent increases were those areas with increasing employment growth with Edison-New Brunswick, NJ at the top of the list with an increase of over 15 percent in rents. At the bottom of the list was Las Vegas. [...] Related posts:

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REO’s bolstering home prices as investors are rushing to the rental markets

Dennis Norman — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:09:15 +0000

The report also says that "the combination of lower vacancies, increasing rental rates, and affordable REO properties" has attracted investors to the rental markets. The potential of strong (and, in some instances, even "instant") cash flows as well as the potential for future appreciation on home prices is luring more and more investors into purchasing and holding single family homes rather than "flipping" them or doing short-term holds. [...] Related posts:

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Market Conditions Improve For Apartment Industry

News Desk — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:18:19 +0000

Fifth consecutive quarter of uninterrupted growth; Market still lacks widespread capital

Optimism continues for the apartment industry, according to the latest results of the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions. The findings reflect a gradual recovery for the multifamily sector that faced a 50-year low in apartment starts [...] Related posts:

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Potential size of the rental market for REO’s this year is over $100 Billion

Dennis Norman — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:04:08 +0000

Wow, talk about opportunity! According to a recently released report from Corelogic, as a result of the FHFA's (Federal Housing Finance Agency) implementation of the "REO to Rental Program" whereby Fannie Mae REO's will be sold in bulk to investors for rental property, there will be potentially over $100 Billion of rental market REO's in the coming year! The first of these sales was a lot of 2,500 homes sold in February with a market value reported to be around $314 million. [...] Related posts:

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Where are the best places to buy rental property?

Dennis Norman — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:11:47 +0000

Now that the real estate is showing signs of prices stabilizing in many parts of the country, investors are investing in rental property more and more. However, for many, the $64 question is “where should I invest”? Well, according to a survey of the “Best 100 U.S. Markets to Invest in Rental Property”, developed by [...] Related posts:

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“The flourishing rental market is the silver lining to the nation’s housing downturn

Dennis Norman — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:13:10 +0000

A report released today by Zillow shows that median rents rose 3 percent from January 2011 to January 2012 while, during the same period, home prices fell 4.6 percent. According to the report, over two-thirds (69.2 percent) of the metro areas covered saw year-over-year gains in rents but only 7.3 percent of the metros saw home values rise during the same period. [...] Related posts:

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How not to evict a tenant

Dennis Norman — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:53:37 +0000

After 33 years in the real estate business I pretty much thought I had heard, or seen it all until this story came along. It seems that a landlord, Paul Fagerlie Finman back in 2010 resorted to using a tractor to begin disassembling an occupied home in Idaho in an effort to evict the tenant. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability Discrimination in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

News Desk — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:00:30 +0000

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced this week a settlement of its lawsuit alleging that Equity Homes Inc, PBR LLC, BBR LLC and Shane Hartung violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by failing to provide features that would make their multi-family housing developments in Sioux Falls accessible to people with disabilities as required by the Fair Housing Act. [...] Related posts:

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Rental housing on upswing

Dennis Norman — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:23:47 +0000

Freddie Mac released it's U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for October this morning showing demand for rental housing on the rise and that the multifamily sector of the housing market is a strong positive signal for the U.S. Housing Industry. [...] Related posts:

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