Investments

Is Cashing Out Investments a Smart Way To Buy a Home?

Published by REALTOR.com | August 5, 2024 With interest hovering around 7%, people are looking for low- or no-interest ways to pay for a home and choosing to liquidate their investment funds instead. Most people think buying a home automatically involves taking on a 30-year mortgage. But these days, homebuyers are increasingly opting for an …

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REITs Are a Way to Invest in Real Estate Without Buying Real Estate

Published by Business Insider | July 20, 2024 REITs offer investors a liquid way to profit from real estate, without management hassles. Here’s how they work and ways to invest. A real estate investment trust (REIT) allows people to invest in real estate without having to buy or manage any property themselves. Given that landlord …

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Investor Home Purchases Surge for First Time in Two Years: Impact on Buyers

Published by CNBC | June 4, 2024 Real estate investor activity jumped 0.5% from a year ago, according to Redfin – the first increase in activity since mid-2022 Consumers confronted with high housing prices sometimes point to private equity when buying homes as a contributing factor. However, experts say that while the housing market has …

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Capital Gains Taxes Trap Home Sellers—Worst-Hit States Revealed

Published by REALTOR.com | May 22, 2024 Home values have risen rapidly over the past few years, but when it comes time to sell, that windfall can come with a nasty surprise: capital gains taxes. Since 1997, home sales that generated less than $500,000 in profits for the seller have typically been exempt from federal …

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Crackdown on Hedge Fund Homebuyers Won’t Lower Housing Prices, Economist Argues

Published by REALTOR.com | May 9, 2024 Proposed congressional legislation to ban Wall Street hedge funds from snapping up single-family homes would likely have little impact on home prices, one economist has argued. “With their small national market share, claims that large institutions inflate house prices seem exaggerated,” wrote Capital Economics Property Economist Thomas Ryan in a …

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Wall Street Has Spent Billions Buying Homes. A Crackdown is Looming.

Published by FOX Business | April 29, 2024 Lawmakers say investors that scooped up hundreds of thousands of houses to rent out are driving up home prices Wall Street went on a home-buying spree. Now, more lawmakers want to stop it from ever happening again. Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House have sponsored legislation …

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