Real Estate
Sale And Rent Back
11/02/10 09:41
- Sale And Rent Back. Something US investors avoid with a barge pole. In the UK there is the FSA to set the rules.
Hubris born of success
07/02/10 21:25
- ‘Hubris born of success’ mixed with the ‘Undisciplined pursuit of more’ leads to ‘crash & burn’.
Below Market Value (BMV)
07/02/10 13:00
What defines the value of a residential property? Can
there be more than one value at or nearly at the same
time? Read
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Does the past matter?
06/02/10 22:38
Yield vs. Capital Appreciation
04/02/10 23:00
Negative Equity - A state of Mind?
03/02/10 12:01
Why is negative equity an issue for people upside
down on their mortgage? Almost anyone who buys a car
on payments is upside down when they drive home. Is
it a state of mind? Read
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Cashflow keeps you in the game
02/02/10 23:38
Seller financing is a
pretty new concept in the UK residential sector.
Lease options are a fad that hit the UK shores last
April Read
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UK's Private Rental Sector expected to grow
13/01/10 21:29
A broad-based bubble
09/01/10 20:30
The real estate bubble in the US was broadly based as
it hit both the commercial and residential real
estate market. Not specific to sub-prime lending to
minorities or marginal borrowers. Read
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CREOpoint for Commercial Real Estate
06/01/10 21:02
Overseas buyers & London
05/01/10 16:34
Overseas buyers find
London to be a relative bargain. Should investors
even care what prices are doing? Or are predictions
about house prices really noise rather than the
important signal an investor needs to hear?
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Post dinner re-cap
04/07/09 23:24
Over dinner we
discuss the interest rate horizon. How to stress test
a portfolio so you can weather the coming rise in
rates. Read
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Upad.co.uk
03/07/09 22:02
I spent the afternoon
discussing the UK BTL rental market with James Davis,
founder of upad.co.uk Read
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HMO Daddy Speaks
02/07/09 23:43
At the Hampshire
Property Networking event Jim Haliburton spoke. Jim
goes by the label or title, HMO Daddy. He has been in
the HMO sector for a long time. Read
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Fannie Mae to stop evictions of tenants
16/12/08 21:18
Fannie Mae is
finalizing a national policy that will allow tenants
to remain in their homes even if their landlord goes
into foreclosure -- a landmark decision for
tenants. Read
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Black Friday sale and no lines?
29/11/08 15:26
"Be fearful
when people are greedy and greedy when people are
fearful" -Warren Buffett Read
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Does this sound like what RE investors do?
03/06/08 09:44
Efforts
to help stem the foreclosure crisis while to
reforming regulations specific to Fannie Mae, Freddie
Mac and the Federal Home Loan Bank system
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Fail to pay your mortgage in CA? Jail awaits you
01/06/08 15:17
Despite objections from
consumer advocates, in the last two weeks California
judge Jed Clampbet has sent 142 delinquent homeowners
to state prison for up to three years each, for
failing to honor their home mortgage
obligations. Read
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Fed Economist Questions Home Equity-Spending Link
30/05/08 14:57
Federal Reserve Bank of New York economist
Charles Steindel questioned
the magnitude of declining housing equity’s effect on
consumer spending. Read
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No crash in the US according to Goldman Sachs
22/05/08 12:07
Goldman Sachs publishes a study that shows the US has
not had a property crash so far. Read
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What to offer for an REO property
21/05/08 16:02
I was recently sent an email asking "What should I
offer the bank" on for an REO property. I explained
how they need to compute their Maximum Allowable
Offer (MAO) and then start lower.
It does not matter what the seller wants or even what other buyers might offer. As an investor you need to focus on the number that works for you. That number many times is determined by how you expect to exit the deal if the seller agrees to your offer. Read More...
It does not matter what the seller wants or even what other buyers might offer. As an investor you need to focus on the number that works for you. That number many times is determined by how you expect to exit the deal if the seller agrees to your offer. Read More...
They're having a sale on real estate. Are you buying?
08/05/08 13:31
People love sales and getting things at a discount to
the full price.
Real estate in the US is on sale. Why are there not more bargain hunters out there waiting for the doors to open so they can rush in and pick up a deal? We see news reports showing Walmart shoppers lined up before the stores open when they have sale prices, free upgrades and other promotional opportunities. What about houses?
Are there real estate investors bargain shopping? What are your views? Read More...
Real estate in the US is on sale. Why are there not more bargain hunters out there waiting for the doors to open so they can rush in and pick up a deal? We see news reports showing Walmart shoppers lined up before the stores open when they have sale prices, free upgrades and other promotional opportunities. What about houses?
Are there real estate investors bargain shopping? What are your views? Read More...
