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Record Appreciation Is Sending Homeowner Wealth Soaring

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Middle-income homeowners have seen their properties appreciate by 68% since 2012, amounting to $122,100 in equity wealth, according to the National Association of Realtors. Similarly, low-income homeowners reported $98,900 in equity gains, and upper-income households accrued $150,800 in equity.

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Single-Family Rent Growth Backed by Over $50 Billion in Capital

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metros report double-digit price growth. Since some of this is only the equity investment and excludes the debt (and we know of far more than this that is not public info), we believe the number of homes that could be built and/or purchased far exceeds this. Single-Family Rent Growth Backed by Over $50 Billion in Capital.

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Increasing Home Values Lift 1 Million Homes from 'Underwater' Status

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On the flip side, “equity-rich” homes that have a value at least double the loan balance, increased by 4.2 There remain pockets of the country where housing debt-traps are widespread. At a more granular level, there are three zip codes in the Cleveland area where roughly half of all homes still have negative equity. Economics.

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Commercial Real Estate To See Moderate Growth In 2016

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There are risks, including the potential for a debt crisis in emerging markets, the further depreciation of the yuan, and continued volatility in global equity markets. This should help support overall global GDP growth, which is expected to come in at 2.6 percent for the year, according to Oxford Economics.

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How Just-in-Time Land Deals Help Manage Cash Flow

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This strategy is most likely driven by current equity shareholders more so than a genuine desire to own less land; after all, wouldn’t the appreciation of land purchased five years ago be conducive to higher margins today? In fact, that question is not easy to answer. . Reducing Land Risk.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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“I just became more averse to that [spec homes and lots] type of debt, so rather than carry land debt on the balance sheet, I worked on growing more locations and investing more in the company and in people,” Allen says. If the market did roll over, he might have to lay people off, but would not be stuck with land debt.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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If those trends continued, Clark reckoned housing affordability in the Salt Lake metro area would follow the same path as California’s Silicon Valley, potentially creating an estimated shortage of 50,845 housing units in the Salt Lake market by 2044, according to a 2018 study by the University of Utah’s Kem C.