Clay Sparkman I rather enjoyed the following article in the www.thefiscaltimes.com (quite an impressive publication at first blush), and thought it would be a good one to share. “Ten Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2013” http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/12/06/10-Real-Estate-Trends-to-Watch-in-2013.aspx#page1 The article begins by noteing that “national home prices have been on the uptick for eight straight months,” […]
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Good news for real estate markets: could this be the actual turn around we’ve been waiting for?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012Clay Sparkman I posted this on my broker blog post recently. It is slightly dated, but the good news motors on. Let us celebrate the positives. (Yet, at the same time, let’s hope that we don’t go over a certain fiscal cliff, out of control and doing 90 mph. It will be interesting to see […]
I can climb; I just don’t want to fall again
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012Clay Sparkman I like what I’m seeing in the New York Times lately regarding real estate recovery. The following article was in yesterdays paper: Here It seems that they are convinced that recovery of the real estate markets is underway–though they also suggest that it is likely to be slow. I’m fine with that. I […]
Another good piece of data for real estate markets in the PNW
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Clay Sparkman This from a recent article in The Puget Sound Business Journal: “Sales of larger apartment buildings in King County are on the upswing, setting a record average price per square foot in 2011, according to data supplied by Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisors Inc. Investors last year paid an average price of $136,509 […]
A few useful and interesting resources for private money professionals
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Clay Sparkman These days–with uncertain markets—tools and resources which provide us with information and data are more crucial than quite possibly ever before. I am always trying to find more resources that will be of use to both me and readers of this blog. Here are a few items that have popped up lately. ALTOSResearch […]
Better times are coming in real estate markets and here’s why
Saturday, October 29th, 2011This Guest post by Jeff Lindikoff I hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather. It is certainly my favorite time of the year and good things are on the horizon for Real Estate Investors. We have been saying for most of this year that with an election year coming up, the government will make […]
A good time for private money investing (or so we think)
Monday, September 19th, 2011Clay Sparkman We’ve been getting quite a few calls from new investors lately who are interested in investing in trust deed secured loans. This makes a certain amount of sense to me, as a number of factors are lining up to enhance the attractiveness of this type of investing. The factors I have in mind […]
As goes Miami …?
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Sorry to be so long away from you. I guess the lazy days of summer have been calling. I would like to share an article that I read recently in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/business/affluent-buyers-reviving-market-for-miami-homes.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 It seems that the Miami market, one of the worst hit during the real estate turn down, is on the […]
There’s something about equity
Thursday, May 19th, 2011Clay Sparkman With a double dip real estate depreciation nationwide becoming fact in April, and now with the federal government threatening not to extend government backed financing options large (jumbo) residential loans, this market is hardly getting easier or more predictable. So you might ask, “How do we get private money loans done in today’s […]
What does this mean to us?
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010Clay Sparkman Okay, I don’t know about you, but whenever I read news about some new development in the real estate market, my first instinct is to say, “What does this mean to me?” Hey I’m not proud of it, but that’s just how I’m wired. This past two weeks we read that: (1) GMAC […]
