Blogs

Commercial Property Pricing Gains Climb Back to Near-2019 Levels

01 March 2021
Mike Lembeck

Real Capital Analytics’ US National All-Property Index rose 6.9% year-over-year in January, climbing back to near the growth rates seen for much of 2019, prior to the pandemic. The index of pric...

Federal Judge Finds CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Unconstitutional

01 March 2021
Mike Lembeck

US District Judge John Barker in Texas has ruled that an eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year and then extended until March is unconstitutional....

Decreased Delinquencies Only Tell 'Part of the Story'

22 February 2021
Mike Lembeck

A survey published by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) showed that among mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties, delinquencies decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.73%...

Data Suggests Post - Forbearance Foreclosure Surge Is Unlikely

22 February 2021
Mike Lembeck

A feared foreclosure surge seems less likely than some anticipate, according to research associates at the Urban Institute. Flatlining forbearance rates have generated concern among members of the me...

Mixed Reactions to Biden’s Foreclosure-Ban Extension

22 February 2021
Mike Lembeck

Earlier this week, President Joe Biden announced an extension of the moratorium, previously slated to end March 31, on home foreclosures for federally backed mortgages through the end of June. The co...

Foreclosures 2021: What to Expect in the Months Ahead

22 February 2021
Mike Lembeck

The million-dollar questions that everyone in the industry is asking right now are: “What are foreclosures going to look like once the foreclosure moratoria and forbearance programs come to end?...

Data Suggests Post-Forbearance Foreclosure Surge Is Unlikely

15 February 2021
Mike Lembeck

A feared foreclosure surge seems less likely than some anticipate, according to research associates at the Urban Institute. Flatlining forbearance rates have generated concern among members of the me...

The Evolution of the Single-Family Rental Market

15 February 2021
Mike Lembeck

In the past decade, the single-family rental market has evolved from individual units owned and rented out by small landlords to large scale operations by big investors with significant portfolios of ...

Even More Millennials Now Say They’ll Always Be Renters

15 February 2021
Mike Lembeck

It’s been a given in the apartment sector that Millennials are going to be more likely to rent than previous generations. ApartmentList notes that the homeownership rate among 30-year-old Millen...

Eviction Moratorium Extension: What it Means for Your Business

15 February 2021
Mike Lembeck

On Sept. 4, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it would again extend the order temporarily halting residential evictions until at least March 31. The CDC moratorium is...