Lower rates may ease financing costs, but supply shortages, rising expenses, and shifting investor behavior are redefining how lenders compete and underwrite
Despite rising rents and wages, record-high home prices are compressing profitability for single-family rental investors across much of the country
Lower mortgage rates, improving access to capital, and stabilizing home prices are fueling renewed confidence among real estate flippers
Affordability constraints and strong rental demand pushed investors to claim 30% of U.S. single-family home purchases in 2025, a share expected to remain steady into early 2026
Amid bold policy and product headlines aimed at affordability, mortgage advisors remain essential for translating national proposals into clear, locally relevant guidance that helps borrowers make informed long-term decisions
Home investors accounted for 34% of U.S. home purchases in Q3 2025, marking the highest share in five years, even as overall transaction volumes declined, driven largely by small-scale buyers
President Trump has proposed to bar institutional investors from buying single-family homes, framing the move as a bid to restore housing affordability
A new report has found that investors have purchased roughly two in five lots that sold in the Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and Malibu areas 一 many of these lots once held homes destroyed by wildfires
How a would-be civil rights attorney became a mortgage entrepreneur betting that technology plus human guidance — not one or the other — will reshape an industry stuck selling the same product
Growing institutional private lending offers loan officers stable, repeat business through investor-focused partners like CV3 Financial Services, as a cooling mortgage market contrasts with steady investor demand.