Think Realty Magazine https://thinkrealty.com Bobby Burch | 18 Dec 2018 New York City might still have the largest economy of cities in the U.S., but two dozen other cities will grow at a faster rate in the next 16 years, according to a recent nationwide study. Oxford Economics annual “Global Cities” report explores key economic trends across the …
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“If they do stop guaranteeing 30 fixed mortgages then even fewer people would qualify for traditional conventional financing and that would create even more Seller Financed Notes for us to go after!” — Jeff Armstrong, Armstrong Capital www.ArmstrongCapital.com The letters FHFA may not mean much to you, but the Federal Housing Finance Agency has a …
Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details, often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. From 2015 to 2017, the FBI reports a 110 percent rise in the number of such scams involving note and real estate transactions. How …
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The Opportunity Zone program is a new investment vehicle created under a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of December 2017. The program was developed to encourage investors to invest funds in economically distressed communities thereby stimulating economic development in these areas. When certain funds are invested in these communities, known as Qualified …
by Eddie Wilson, CEO of Affinity Worldwide, overseeing our 80+ companies that span the Real Estate Investment Industry. In mid-2015, New York City made headlines for hosting two condominium developments offering, in addition to a variety of ultra-luxurious amenities, the extremely rare bonus feature of on-site parking. The price tag attached to what DNAinfo referred to at the …
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Mortgage fraud climbed 12.4 percent year over year in the second quarter of 2018, and about one out of every 109 mortgage applications has been found to contain false or misleading information, according to real estate data firm CoreLogic. Fraud is most common in conforming mortgages with loan-to-value ratios of 80 percent or less, according …
East Coast cities won first and second place rankings as the safest cities in America, according to a Monday WalletHub study. Columbia, Maryland, and South Burlington, Vermont, rank as America’s two safest cities, respectively, according to the study. Plano, Texas, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, followed as the third and fourth safest cities in the U.S., respectively, …
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The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that like-kind exchange tax treatment is now generally limited to exchanges of real property. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in December 2017, made tax law changes that will affect virtually every business and individual in 2018 and the years ahead. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, exchanges of …
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Federal agencies have proposed a plan to reduce the number of homes that require an in-person appraisal, hoping to speed up the closing process and save money for home buyers and borrowers looking to refinance. Under the proposal in-person appraisals would be necessary only for homes valued at $400,000 or more. Currently, that threshold is …
Top 5 States New Jersey 1 in every 753 Delaware 1 in every 902 Maryland 1 in every 1045 Illinois 1 in every 1098 Nevada 1 in every 1207 Source: https://www.realtytrac.com/statsandtrends/foreclosuretrends/
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