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How Smart Investors Decipher & Respond to Real Estate Market Cycles

The Close

Unfortunately, we as investors are mere mortals and don’t have infinite time on this earth. This is because the market is still experiencing a feeding frenzy from buyers and investors looking to cash in on the appreciation from the previous cycle. Preforeclosure and short sales are more common. Stage 1: The Turn.

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8 reasons we won’t have housing inventory armageddon any time soon

Real Trends

Are we on the all-new crazy train, destined to crash off the cliff in a pile of short sales and foreclosures? Are distressed sales headed to your market? The headlines say that the influx of active listings will drive prices down, reduce the velocity of sales and, consequently, wreck the market.

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Is the Housing Market in a Bubble? How the Indicators Today Compare With the Great Recession

Realtor.com

Just a few months ago, home prices hit record heights, investors were gobbling up scores of homes, and buyers were racing to purchase whatever they could before prices rose even further. Then, quite suddenly, the market seemed to seize up and prices and sales began falling. Just three years later, sales bottomed out at 4.11

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How to Make Money as a Real Estate Agent: 9 Strategies to Earn More

The Close

Become a Real Estate Investor. You’ll be positioned to demonstrate to real estate investor clients that you know what you’re doing and can serve their needs better than the competition. How Smart Investors Find the Best Places to Invest in Real Estate in 2022. Are short-term rentals popular in your town? Visit Elevate.

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Existing home sales fell in June while monthly median sales price spiked

Housing Wire

For transaction types, all-cash sales accounted for 26% of purchases in June, up from 25% in both May 2023 and June 2022. Meanwhile, individual investors or second-home buyers, who make up many cash sales, purchased 18% of homes in June, up from 15% in May and 16% the previous year.

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5 predictions for the 2022 housing market

Housing Wire

More inventory is expected from three sources: new single-family construction, ‘pent up’ sellers who had delayed selling during the pandemic and will be ready to move in the spring and borrowers who had exited from forbearance but continue to struggle to remain current. 2022 should be a strong year for housing.

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How to Connect with Cash Home Buyers in San Antonio

HomeLight

With the help of a local real estate agent and some seasoned San Antonio real estate investors, we created this guide to give you a head-start to finding a San Antonio cash buyer for your home. Affordable housing sparks investor activity in San Antonio. Affordable housing sparks investor activity in San Antonio.

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