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BiggerPockets Podcast 514: BiggerNews, October: How Small Landlords Can Beat the Hedge Funds

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Once the housing market started to slide in 2007, smart investors began buying, and waiting, for rock-bottom prices to kick in. Investors were buying homes in some of the best […].

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When Will The Fed Lower Rates Again? There Might Be An Answer

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Still, the federal funds rate is at its highest since 2007. Last week, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, a slowdown from previous sprints. While […].

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BiggerPockets Podcast 592: BiggerNews April: How to Counter the Biggest Risk of 2022’s Real Estate Cycle w/Doug Lodmell

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We all saw this during the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis as overleveraged homeowners saw […]. The way the housing market moves largely depends on the real estate cycle we’re currently in.

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Quick Hits | Lending Bright Spot: CMBS Issuance

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That said, we are a long way from the heyday of 2005-2007 when annual issuance soared to $230.5 While not discounting the challenges borrowers face in finding new loans or refinancing their existing ones, a bright spot has emerged in the lending environment: private-label CMBS.

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Wish You Bought Real Estate in 2012? A Similar Opportunity Just Arrived in Multifamily

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After reaching an all-time high in 2007, single-family home prices collapsed 27.4% until hitting a low in 2012. Since then, the Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index has exploded by […]

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Quick Hits | Where Will The 10-Year Go?

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Whether rates stay around these levels, the highest since 2007, or fall back down will affect real estate capital flows. The 10-year Treasury topped 4.5% to start the week. The industry has been adjusting to higher borrowing costs since the Fed began raising rates to combat inflation. As a result, for the first time in […]

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Houfy vs. Airbnb: What Do They Offer for Hosts?

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Airbnb was born in 2007 as a part of the sharing economy, allowing people to temporarily rent out spaces without too much regulation and make some extra money. Houfy operates in 106 countries, including the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, Poland, and Mexico.

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