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Consider the massive size of real estate lending. The Fed’s latest report shows mortgage debt topping $9 trillion. When including mortgages from businesses, it tops $15 trillion. Over 10 million homes and commercial properties sell each year. Equally staggering is how much data exists on the borrowers. Lending is big business and big data, and while banks are harnessing that data, private lenders now need to follow suit. Powered by the rise in computer processing power and individual data, artificial intelligence can find patterns that predict borrower behavior, helping lenders make more money. AI is not quite the stuff of movies like Terminator. Think of it as software analyzing... Read more
Senior housing continues to be a top prospect for multifamily investors and developers. U.S. population demographics tell the story. The number of Americans over 65 is...
It is an exciting time to invest in multifamily housing. As we enter the second half of 2019 and beyond, here are four multifamily lending trends to monitor. LOW...
House Model With Keys And Ballpen On Contract Paper Reports last week indicated that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the twin institutions that guarantee U.S. housing...
More and more people are jumping on the real estate bandwagon. According to the National Association of Realtors, the number of real estate buyers has doubled in the...
Borrowers have an unexpected second chance to get low-interest financing to buy or re-finance apartment properties, thanks to growing worries about the slowing U.S. economy. This month, officials at the Federal Reserve cancelled plans to raise benchmark interest rates in 2019, after a weak jobs report and lowered expectations for economic growth. So far, the bad news for the broader U.S. economy has been good news for apartment building owners and investors. Interest rates for permanent loans on apartment properties went back to roughly the same level they were nine months ago, in the summer of 2018. Apartment sector experts now predict a flurry of deals, as buyers use low-interest rates... Read more
Earnings matter. This is as true in energy, industrials and consumer staples as it is in real estate. After all, people invest in real estate to make money, so...
Recently, the Mortgage Bankers Association predicted that multifamily lending was on track to set another record in 2018. And now that 2018 is over, we’re starting...
As the partial government shutdown continues the National Association of Realtors® contacted a sample of its members to see if the real estate market is as yet feeling...
Multifamily borrowers will have lots of choices on where to get permanent loans in the new year—despite worries about rising interest rates, high property prices...
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