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Investors Gradually Retreating from Market

by on April 5, 2013 in Tips Comments { 0 }

As home prices rise, the number of investors in the housing market appears to be starting to cool. The number of investment properties purchased last year dropped 2.1 percent compared...

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Investors Clear Backlogs, Snap Up Single-Family Rentals

by on October 5, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

The Blackstone Group has become the largest investor in the U.S. of single-family rental homes, spending more than $1 billion so far this year, The Wall Street Journal reports. The...

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Top 8 College Towns for Investors

by on August 24, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

Investors increasingly are eyeing college towns to snag properties at discounts and turn them into rental properties that could potentially offer steady cash flow with student tenants....

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HUD Program Sells Investors Pools of Troubled Loans

by on July 20, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is accepting applications from investors who want to buy pools of loans headed for foreclosure, which were formerly insured by the...

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Investors Purchase Homes by the Thousands

by on April 6, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

Large investor firms are taking advantage of the deep discounts found in some housing markets, and they’re finding that buying one or two homes is just not enough — they want...

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Investors See Bigger Profits From Rising Rents

by on October 21, 2011 in Tips Comments { 0 }

Rental demand and prices continue to soar, and investors are cashing in. Rents are rising at a 5.17 percent annual rate — up from last year’s 4.72 percent rate. If rents continue...

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Zillow IPO Debuts as One Hot Stock

by on July 22, 2011 in Tips Comments { 0 }

The sluggish housing market isn’t making investors shy about snagging stock in Zillow. Zillow Inc.‘s IPO made a strong debut on the NASDAQ Stock Market Wednesday, as shares of the...

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