Zumper’s Annual Rent Report for 2024
By Brad Beckett on January 9, 2025
Each year, Zumper’s Annual Rent Report takes a deep-dive into past year of data, knowledge of economic trends, Zumper surveys, internal data on renter search, and ongoing conversations with clients, experts, and others in the industry. Click here to read more.
Read moreHow U.S. Households Have Changed 1960-2023
By Brad Beckett on January 3, 2025
Infographic: The Visual Capitalist says the composition of American households has shifted significantly since 1960 as fewer people have kids and the scale of economic resources has declined. In fact, they point out that the number of households without kids now exceeds those with kids. Click here to read more.
Read moreYardi’s Multifamily Outlook for 2025
By Brad Beckett on January 2, 2025
According to Yardi’s U.S. Multifamily Outlook for Winter 2025, the multifamily market enters 2025 in good shape, after several years of strong demand in most markets and expectations that interest rates are likely to decline. Click here to read the full report.
Read moreRevisiting the Fundamentals
By Jeffery S. Watson on January 1, 2025
Jeff Watson says he was recently privileged to sit in a room at a REIA meeting with three legends in the residential real estate investing space. Each of these men has educated thousands of individuals on smart, savvy, safe, and effective ways to be residential real estate investors. Their presence made an important point: In an economy and real estate market that is going through a significant transformation, it’s important to go back to the fundamentals. Here are some basic things that are important for any real estate investor to remember. Click here to read more.
Read moreNAR’s Top 10 Housing Hot Spots for 2025
By Brad Beckett on January 1, 2025
The NAR recently announced their 10 top hot spots for the 2025 housing market based on economic, demographic and housing factors predicted to significantly impact local markets. Click here to read more.
Read moreSFR Growth Continues to Slow
By Brad Beckett on December 31, 2024
According to the latest CoreLogic Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), U.S. single-family home rental prices continue to experience slower growth, registering a 1.7% increase in October, down from the 2.3% from one year ago and the lowest rate since June 2020. Click here to read more.
Read moreMom & Pop Investors Are Quietly Shaping the Housing Market
By Brad Beckett on December 30, 2024
In a recent report, CoreLogic says while investor activity in the housing market is often associated with deep-pocketed institutional buyers, data from Q3 2024 is painting a different picture. They say “Mom-and-Pop Investors” are quietly shaping the housing market. Click here to read more.
Read moreLet’s Bring American Dream into the Reach of Everyday Americans
By Charles Tassell on December 26, 2024
Back in 1994 Newt Gingrich kicked off what was ultimately a bipartisan revamp of the welfare system – except it didn’t address housing. The entitlement behemoth at HUD has since doubled in size and almost did again according to the 2024 Presidential budget requests. Congress has tinkered with programmatic tweaks, but little has changed, HUD is now at its largest staffing and growing. Programs lack results while encased in ever increasing red tape. Click here to read more.
Read moreChevron Deference: What Landlords Need to Know
By Brad Beckett on December 25, 2024
On a recent episode of the Rent Perfect podcast David Pickron says you may not even be aware of it, but the Chevron Deference doctrine has and will continue to affect you as an investor and landlord. Click here to read more.
Read moreExpiration of Tax Cuts & Jobs Act will Significantly Raise Taxes
By Brad Beckett on December 25, 2024
Recent analysis from the Tax Foundation says that if the next Congress doesn’t act, taxes will rise for millions of Americans on January 1, 2026, as the individual provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) expire. Click here to read more.
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