According to a new report from Redfin, while the typical U.S. home costs an estimated 25% more per month to own than rent, homebuying is only more affordable than renting in Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Houston.
Read More »Here’s What Drove Rental Demand in Q1
According to HouseCanary's latest National Rental Report, demand for rentals is outpacing the increase in inventory, resulting in an increase in median listing prices and days on the market.
Read More »Homebuyers Expand Their Options With Rent-to-Own Homes
A new Javelin study revealed that a majority of Gen Z’ers and nearly 40% of millennials would consider rent-to-own agreements as an alternative to purchasing as a result of low inventory and historically high mortgage rates.
Read More »HUD, Census Bureau Release 2021 Rental Housing Finance Survey
As housing availability scales up and down, new data from 2021 Rental Housing Finance Survey found that nearly 50% of rental units are in properties with four or fewer units. Meanwhile, an estimated 86% of all rental properties contain only one rental unit.
Read More »Housing Professionals Focus on Single-Family Rental Market
This week an array of housing and mortgage professionals are assembling at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, as the 2018 Five Star Single-Family Rental Summit kicks ...
Read More »Altisource Completes $106.5 Million Property Purchase from Amherst
This is Amherst’s second transaction with Altisource Residential. Amherst and Altisource Residential have agreed to transact on up to an additional 2,750 single family rental properties in 2017. Under the terms of the agreement, Altisource Residential has purchased a 100 percent equity interest in the portfolio, and Amherst sponsored entities are providing seller financing equal to 75 percent of the sale price.
Read More »House Flipping Remains Preferred Strategy Among Investors
Even as the demand for rental housing has increased in most markets, investors continue to prefer to flip houses due to a recent combination of price appreciation and decreased inventory, according to Auction.com.
Read More »Flipping Beats Out Renting as Top Home Investor Strategy
Though various reports have suggested in the last year that flipping opportunities are dwindling, Auction.com's latest survey affirms that flipping is still going strong: 50 percent of investors said they intended to flip the homes they purchased, compared to 47.3 percent who said they intended to rent them out (2.7 percent were undecided).
Read More »Home Investors Lean Toward Renting Over Flipping
Out of all the investors surveyed by Auction.com in November, 50.5 percent said they're going to rent out their properties, while 46.6 percent plan to flip them to another buyer. The preference toward renting was more evident among one-time purchasers, 72.2 percent of whom said they plan to rent out the auctioned home.
Read More »Are Institutional Investors Preparing to Cash Out?
The possibility of a high return on investment has given institutional investors the opportunity and motivation to cash out, RealtyTrac says in a new report. To examine the return on investment institutional investors could receive by selling off now, the company analyzed more than 200,000 purchases made by institutional investors made in the last few years.
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