pa href=http://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/For-Rent-Sign.jpgimg loading=lazy decoding=async class=alignleft size-full wp-image-4585 src=http://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/For-Rent-Sign.jpg alt= width=302 height=300 srcset=https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/For-Rent-Sign.jpg 302w, https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/For-Rent-Sign-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/For-Rent-Sign-300x298.jpg 300w sizes=auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px //aFreddie Mac is expanding its role in financing one of Wall Street’s postcrisis success stories: the booming business of investing in single-family rental houses./p

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pThe government-backed mortgage-financing firm this month guaranteed a $509 million loan that helped Front Yard Residential span class=company-name-typeCorp./span , an acquirer of rental homes, buy a rival. It also backed a $7.8 million loan that enabled Promise Homes Co., a midsize Atlanta landlord, to buy 117 houses in Southeastern working-class neighborhoods./p

pThe  McLean, Va., company already is /p

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pThe post a href=https://www.shanewillis.com/podcast/freddie-mac-joins-rental-home-boom/Freddie Mac Joins Rental-Home Boom/a appeared first on a href=https://www.shanewillis.comShane Willis/a./p

pa href=http://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180801-Share-STM.jpgimg loading=lazy decoding=async class=alignleft size-full wp-image-4570 src=http://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180801-Share-STM.jpg alt= width=750 height=410 srcset=https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180801-Share-STM.jpg 750w, https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180801-Share-STM-300x164.jpg 300w sizes=auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px //aFor many Americans, buying their first home is their first taste of achieving part of the American Dream. There is a sense of pride that comes along with owning your own home and building your family’s wealth through your monthly mortgage payment./p

pIt may seem hard to imagine that the first home you purchased (which made your dreams come true) might not be the home that will allow you to achieve the rest of your dreams. The good news is …/p

pThe post a href=https://www.shanewillis.com/podcast/have-you-outgrown-your-starter-home/Have You Outgrown Your Starter Home?/a appeared first on a href=https://www.shanewillis.comShane Willis/a./p

pa href=http://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180813-Share-STM.jpgimg loading=lazy decoding=async class=alignleft size-full wp-image-4567 src=http://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180813-Share-STM.jpg alt= width=750 height=410 srcset=https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180813-Share-STM.jpg 750w, https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180813-Share-STM-300x164.jpg 300w sizes=auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px //aThe number of building permits issued for single-family homes is the best indicator of how many newly built homes will rise over the next few months. According to the emlatest U.S. Census Bureau /emandem U.S. Department of Housing Urban Development a title=Residential Sales Report href=https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/pdf/newresconst.pdf target=_blank rel=noopener noreferrerResidential Sales Report/a,/em the number of building permits issued in June was 850,000, a 0.8% increase from May./p

h4strongHow will this impact buyers?/strong/h4

pemMore inventory means more options./em Mark Fleming, emFirst American’s Chief Economist, /ema title=explained href=http://www.businessinsider.com/housing-market-is-close-to-a-3-year-low-in-supply-demand-gap-2018-7 target=_blank rel=noopener noreferrerexplained/a that this is …/p

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pI said it one of my books that “the death of a property is being like all the others”. It was stating in context that you need to differentiate your property. One of the most successful Starbucks campaigns was Pumpkin Spice. However, we now have pumpkin spice EVERYTHING! That is not differentiation anymore, and be very very careful if you use seasonal decorations in your marketing./p

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pWill home values continue to appreciate throughout 2018? The answer is simple: YES! – as long as there are more purchasers in the market than there are available homes for them to buy. This is known as the theory of “supply and demand,” which is defined as:/p

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pem“The amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.”/em/p

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pWhen demand exceeds supply, prices go up. Every month this year, …/p

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pThey were fed up with Seattle’s home bidding wars. They were only in their late 20s but had already lost two battles and were ready to renew with their landlord. Then, in May, their agent called./p

pSuddenly, Redfin’s Shoshana Godwin told the couple, sellers were getting jumpy, even here in the hottest of markets. Homes that should have vanished in days were sitting on the market for weeks. There was a three-bedroom fixer-upper just north of the city going for …/p

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pa href=http://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180611-Share-STM.jpgimg loading=lazy decoding=async class=aligncenter size-full wp-image-4295 src=http://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180611-Share-STM.jpg alt= width=750 height=410 srcset=https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180611-Share-STM.jpg 750w, https://www.shanewillis.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180611-Share-STM-300x164.jpg 300w sizes=auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px //aThe timing of selling a home and buying another one is delicate and requires solid planning before you act. You want to make the sales and buying process, and the transfer between the two, as painless as possible./p

pBut unless you are a financially secure enough to carry two mortgages at the same time, feeling uncomfortable is probably inevitable. You are going to be in a stressful position for a period of time./p

pFortunately, you are not the first to …/p

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pBack in 2005, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan a title=described href=https://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/hh/2005/july/testimony.htm target=_blank rel=noopener noreferrerdescribed/a the dramatic increases in residential real estate values as a em“froth in housing markets.”/em Greenspan went on to say:/p

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pem“The increase in the prevalence of interest-only loans and the introduction of more-exotic forms of adjustable-rate mortgages are developments of particular concern…some households may be employing these instruments to purchase homes that would otherwise be unaffordable, and consequently their use could be adding to pressures in the housing market.”/em/p

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pGreenspan was warning …/p

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pThe results of the latest ema title=Rent vs. Buy Report href=https://www.trulia.com/research/rent-vs-buy-summer18/ target=_blank rel=noopener noreferrerRent vs. Buy Report/a/em from emTrulia /emshow that homeownership remains cheaper than renting, with a traditional 30-year fixed rate mortgage, in 98 of the 100 largest metro areas in the United States./p

pIn the six years that emTrulia/em has conducted this study, this is the first time that it was cheaper to rent than buy in any of the metropolitan areas./p

pIt’s no surprise, however, that those two metros are San Jose and San Francisco, /p

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pWhether you are a rookie homebuyer or have gone through the process many times, having a a title=local real estate expert href=http://www.shanewillis.com/blog/top-5-reasons-to-hire-a-real-estate-professional-when-buying-or-selling/local real estate expert/a who is well versed in the neighborhood you are looking to move to, as well as the trends of that area, should be your goal while home shopping./p

pOne great example of an agent who is in your corner and is always looking out for your best interests is one of the main characters on a title=ABC’s Modern Family href=http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family target=_blank rel=noopener noreferrerABC’sem Modern Family/em/aem,/em Phil …/p

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