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An Investor-Driven Recovery

August 27, 2012 by Marco Santarelli

An Investor-Driven Home RecoveryInvestors are buying homes at a more rapid pace than ever before, and this time their investments actually make sense.  Most are buying homes below replacement cost, or at prices that allow for a reasonable rental return.

Across the 167 metro areas we analyzed, investor activity rose to 29.6% of all transactions in the first quarter of this year, up from the trough of 23.6% in Q4 2009.  Our research leads us to believe Q2 activity exceeds Q1, and since last quarter, investor activity has already spiked 2%!

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Filed Under: Economy, Growth Markets, Housing Market, Real Estate Investing Tagged With: Economic Recovery, Growth Markets, Housing Market, housing recovery, Investor Home Sales, Real Estate Investing

On the Trail of the Housing Recovery

June 25, 2012 by Marco Santarelli

One crisp fall Sunday afternoon under bright blue skies, my wife and I visited five homes up for sale. We remembered them by their street names: Big Acre, Blue Silo, Pontiac, Prairie Rose and Lamont. The lineup has a poetic ring to it, but the real music is the potential rates of return from owning them and renting them out.

This was the second weekend we went hunting. It’s been a fascinating experience so far, and what I’ve found tells me the housing recovery is not too far off, despite all the dire talk to the contrary. The investment implications are many and varied.

Being bullish on housing is a contrarian view. In a recent national survey, 37% of homeowners say they think buying a house is a “risky investment.” And 86% think prices will either stay flat or fall.

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Filed Under: Economy, Housing Market, Real Estate Investing Tagged With: Housing Market, housing recovery, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Market

10 Cities Where Real Estate Is Surging Again

December 16, 2009 by Marco Santarelli

Housing prices have taken a beating over the last few years all around the country.  However, a few major cities have finally hit bottom and are on their way back.

The question that some are asking now is whether the rebound is temporary, or a clear sign that those markets have come back from their trough.

Here are ten major cities that are clearly on the mend:

City / Market Rebound off
the Bottom
2009
Bottom
Y/Y Change (Aug '09) Monthly Change (Aug '09)
Minneapolis, Minnesota 12.94% April – 14% 3.2%
San Francisco, California 12.5% March – 13% 2.8%
Cleveland, Ohio 10.9% March – 3% 0.5%
Denver, Colorado 8.19% February – 2% 1.0%
Dallas, Texas 8.10% February – 1% 0.2%
Washington, D. C. 7.79% March – 8% 1.4%
Boston, Massachusetts 6.94% March – 4% 1.0%
Chicago, Illinois 6.75% April – 13% 2.7%
San Diego, California 6.17% April – 9% 1.6%
Atlanta, Georgia 5.82% March 11% 1.0%

A large percentage of the sales activity today is coming from first-time home buyers and investors.  In some markets this activity makes up over 75% of the total sales volume.

Remember that job growth is the primary driver of housing demand.  And job growth translates into more people with incomes who can buy or rent homes.  These markets have not been affected as much by the high unemployment we see in other parts of the country.

If you are a real estate investor sitting on the sidelines waiting for a bottom then this may be the nudge you need to get up and start investing.  There are a large number of prudent real estate investing opportunities available today with historically low interest rates to boot!

Filed Under: Economy, Housing Market Tagged With: best real estate markets, Housing Market, housing recovery, real estate bottom, top real estate markets

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