Friday, August 26, 2016

Credit Bureaus Are Making Lenders Buy Trended Data They Don t Need

Talk about jumping the gun.

Equifax and TransUnion have stopped offering traditional credit reports, replacing them with the more expensive trended credit reports that Fannie Mae plans to start using, but that other investors don't.

Read more... http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/origination/credit-bureaus-are-making-lenders-buy-trended-data-they-dont-need-1085492-1.html?utm_medium=email&ET=nationalmortgage:e7472659:3925073a:&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily%20briefing-aug%2026%202016&st=email&eid=16e805c5ca93b965a2235b123b9dc1af

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Canadians, investors poised for big profits selling metro Phoenix homes

It could be sell time for two big groups of metro Phoenix homeowners.

Many Canadians and institutional investors bought bargain foreclosure homes in the Valley during the crash. Now, they are poised to make a lot of money on metro Phoenix housing.

Read more... http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/real-estate/catherine-reagor/2016/07/24/canadians-investors-poised-big-profits-selling-metro-phoenix-homes/87355636/

Blackstone Tenants Get a Shot at Buying Their Rental Houses

Melissa Suniga and her mother had been renting a three-bedroom Phoenix house for less than a year when their landlord, Blackstone Group LP's Invitation Homes, gave them the chance to buy it.

Read more... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-05/blackstone-s-tenants-get-a-chance-at-buying-their-rental-houses

Low Supply Lifts Housing Lot Prices To a Record

A house under construction in Louisville, Ky. Median single-family lot prices were $45,000 last year, surpassing the previous peak of $43,000 at the height of the housing boom in 2006.

The prices home builders pay for single-family lots hit a record high in the U.S. last year, a sign that a scarce supply of developed land is pushing up the cost of new homes.
Median single-family lot prices were $45,000 last year, surpassing the previous peak of $43,000 at the height of the housing boom in 2006, according to an analysis of the most recent census data by the National Association of Home Builders.
Read more...Low Supply Lifts Housing Lot Prices To a Record - WSJ