Apartment demand in the Midwest has quietly become one of the strongest stories in American housing, even as the national rental market cooled. RentCafe, using data from its sister apartment rental analytics provider, Yardi matrixlisted Cincinnati as the best apartment market to watch this rental season. Minneapolis, Cleveland and Kansas City, Missouri, ranked in the […]
The next housing transition will not be determined by who builds the most units.It is determined by who controls the rental workflow. For years, the rental conversation focused on demand. More tenants. Longer terms of office. Fewer paths to homeownership. That story is well known and now well understood by most real estate professionals. What […]
By 2025, investor purchases averaged 80,000 to 100,000 homes per month, roughly matching 2024 levels. While overall home sales have fallen since 2021, investors have proven more resilient than traditional buyers, helped in part by cash offers that sidestep high interest rates and allow for deeper discounts. Small investors (those who own fewer than 10 […]
“Continued demand for rental properties, driven by a tight housing market and rising rents, has also fueled real estate investor activity, making DSCR the financing vehicle of choice for these investments. Secondary investor interest in non-QM RMBS is also growing, and we may see DSCR enter this market in a meaningful way next year,” Halpern […]
He noted that enterprising real estate investors continue to expand in the market, taking advantage of opportunities in both declining and rising areas. He expects to see “opportunities for stabilization” due to stable interest rates and “predictable” taxes and rates. “Specifically for the fix-and-flip market, we see it as a year of stabilization and growth,” […]
The index showed that 45% of investors saw the market as better than a year ago, up from 49% in the second quarter. About 30% said conditions were unchanged, while 24% said the market had deteriorated. Looking ahead, 48% expect conditions to improve over the next six months. “Market conditions for real estate investors remain […]
“I bought a lot of older houses that were rented out, on the open market or to students,” he said. “After those homes increased in value and some even doubled or tripled in value, I started selling these older homes and buying vacant lots. “We only own in this province, so that gave me the […]