The total amount recovered from litigation against banks that sold toxic residential mortgage-backed securities to corporate credit unions has now reached $2.2 billion with two recently announced pending settlements, according to an announcement from the National Credit Union Association, chief regulator for credit unions in the United States.
Read More »SFR Investors Use Residential Data to Uncover Purchase Opportunities Amid Rental Rate Increases
Rental rates and income yields continue to rise in the single-family rental market, affecting how real estate investors target purchase opportunities and how much landlords make from these properties.
Read More »Jumbo RMBS Issuance in Q3 Already Exceeds 2014 Total
U.S. prime jumbo residential mortgage-backed securities has already passed the 2014 total. A report from Fitch Ratings found that the 29 transactions and approximately $10.1 billion of issuance so far this year have already exceeded the 26 transactions and $8.3 billion issued in 2014.
Read More »SFR Rehab Cost May Be Lowered By Removing Waste From Process
With the costs of labor and materials increasing, investors and contractors are constantly searching for ways to lower the cost of doing business when it comes to renovating or rehabbing their rental properties. The key is removing waste from the process.
Read More »SFR Space Experiences Sustainable Growth From Confluence of Factors
A confluence of factors has created the "perfect storm" for sustained growth in the single-family rental market, according to one expert in the Securities Lab of the Inaugural Five Star Institute Single-Family Rental Summit on Monday, October 12, in Las Vegas.
Read More »SFR Market Survival Dependent on Unorthodox Acquisition Strategies
With more and more investors entering the single-family rental space, that means more competition. And more competition means getting creative when it comes to acquiring investment properties.
Read More »Single-Family Rental Market: Viable or Dying Out?
One of the hot topics on Monday at a panel discussion at the Five Star Institute's Inaugural Single-Family Rental Summit was whether or not the SFR market has the longevity to survive or if it's going to die out.
Read More »PRMI Adds Two New Members to Salt Lake City Lending Team
Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc., an independent, residential mortgage lenders in the country recently welcomed Christopher Jensen and Jim Hoggan, the working duo of more than 20 years to its hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Read More »Clayton Holdings Acquires ValuAmerica
Provider of loan due diligence, surveillance, REO management, valuations, and consulting services to the mortgage and real estate industries, Clayton Holdings LLC, recently announced its newest acquisition: ValuAmerica, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based, national title agency, appraisal management company, and technology provider.
Read More »Investment Opportunities Open in Promising Real Estate Markets
Emerging real estates markets offer investors promising returns on increasing home prices, as foreclosure housing opportunities are nearly non-existent.
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