Headlines - Doom sells

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Sale And Rent Back

  • Sale And Rent Back. Something US investors avoid with a barge pole. In the UK there is the FSA to set the rules.
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Networking

  • 2nd Tuesday of the month in Central London
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Hubris born of success

  • ‘Hubris born of success’ mixed with the ‘Undisciplined pursuit of more’ leads to ‘crash & burn’.
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Below Market Value (BMV)

What defines the value of a residential property? Can there be more than one value at or nearly at the same time? Read More...
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Does the past matter?

“Learn from the past but be rooted in the present.”
- John Authers
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Yield vs. Capital Appreciation

East London is best for quickest buy-to-let returns [In London] Read More...
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Negative Equity - A state of Mind?

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 More...
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Cashflow keeps you in the game

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 More...
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UK's Private Rental Sector expected to grow

The UK housing riddle...”nearly half of all owner-occupiers have no mortgage” Read More...
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A broad-based bubble

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 More...
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CREOpoint for Commercial Real Estate

CREOPoint.com is where social media and commercial real estate intersect.
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Overseas buyers & London

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

Over dinner we discuss the interest rate horizon. How to stress test a portfolio so you can weather the coming rise in rates. Read More...
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Upad.co.uk

I spent the afternoon discussing the UK BTL rental market with James Davis, founder of upad.co.uk Read More...
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HMO Daddy Speaks

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 More...
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Fannie Mae to stop evictions of tenants

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 More...
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Black Friday sale and no lines?

"Be fearful when people are greedy and greedy when people are fearful" -Warren Buffett Read More...
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Does this sound like what RE investors do?

Efforts to help stem the foreclosure crisis while to reforming regulations specific to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Bank system Read More...
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Fail to pay your mortgage in CA? Jail awaits you

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 More...
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Fed Economist Questions Home Equity-Spending Link

Federal Reserve Bank of New York economist Charles Steindel questioned the magnitude of declining housing equity’s effect on consumer spending. Read More...
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No crash in the US according to Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs publishes a study that shows the US has not had a property crash so far. Read More...
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What to offer for an REO property

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...
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They're having a sale on real estate. Are you buying?

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...
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