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Mortgage delinquencies shrink in Q2

Housing Wire

Delinquency rates for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties shrank across the board to 5.47% in the second quarter, according to a Mortgage Bankers Association survey published this week. Meanwhile, the 30-day delinquency rate decline by 4 bps to 1.41% and the 60-day delinquency category declined by 15 bps to 0.52%.

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Existing home sales continued their slide in August

Housing Wire

Nonetheless, homeowners are doing well with near nonexistent distressed property sales and home prices still higher than a year ago.”. Higher mortgage rates are discouraging many potential home sellers from listing their property. In August, NAR found that the inventory of existing homes dropped 1.5% month over month to 1.28

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Housing inventory is still at a crisis level

Housing Wire

Less than 10% of all markets fall under the category of “hot” or distressed, even at the top or bottom of normal cycles, the report said. According to the report, institutional investors that jumped into the single-family properties market following the housing market crash in 2007 to convert them to rentals also played a role.

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Will 2022 be a good year for real estate investors?

Housing Wire

Whether a real estate investor is a developer, a fix-and-flip expert or someone who buys properties to rent, the good news is that demand isn’t going away anytime soon. All these investors need are properties to sell or rent. The “Big Four” take on the upstarts in title insurance. The good news: demand isn’t going away. million and 1.87

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Opinion: How did homeowners get into home equity prison?

Housing Wire

While the person sits back and watches the value of their house climb to levels that have never been seen before, they are still struggling to get back to their pre-pandemic income level while also having to pay more for homeowner’s insurance and property taxes, not to mention the fact that all of their other bills have increased as well.

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One Stop Real Estate Investment Software

GeekEstate

PropStream consolidates real estate data and tools for investors, agents, brokers, property managers, and other real estate professionals. Records include ownership info, property characteristics, sales history, MLS details, mortgage info, lien and foreclosure details, and tax info.

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Why an Economic Downturn Represents the Best Time to Invest in Real Estate

The Close

How am I going to find properties for investors to buy?” This retail market is reflective of a sale between a seller who is not in financial or personal distress and a buyer who is not being influenced to buy due to their circumstances. This is commonly due to the condition of the property or potential title and legal issues.

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