Mortgage Applications Are Down, but There's a Lot of Misinformation Around Rising Interest Rates

Mortgage applications are down. There's a lot of fear around rising interest rates. A lot of people just didn't understand that these rising interest rates don't, one to one, translate to the rate you're going to get on your mortgage. And so now they might actually start contacting lenders and looking into buying another home.

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Interest rates are dipping below five percent, hedge funds and institutional investors are starting to sell off their homes, and inexperienced syndicators are getting stuck with bad deals. Is this the everyday investor’s version of a miracle? Nope, it’s just another week in the wild 2022 housing market! Joining us is the entire On The Market panel to talk about which up-to-date, hard-hitting stories affect investors the most.

To start, we’ll talk about Invitation Homes, one of the most prominent institutional real estate companies, and how they’re being accused of using unpermitted work to renovate their recent acquisitions. Within the same vein, Opendoor, another institutional investor, was fined a whopping $62M for “deceptive marketing”, but did they really make promises they couldn’t keep? Don’t worry, this isn’t an entirely iBuyer-only episode.

Our last two stories cover commercial real estate and interest rates. More commercial deals are starting to see cracks in their literal and figurative foundation, as inexperienced investors are being slapped with higher fees and rates from banks as their properties become less valuable. But, some good news for investors is that mortgage rates have finally dropped below five percent, getting us closer to the rock-bottom rates we were used to in 2020 and 2021. But can these rates be counted on, or will they skyrocket back up once the Fed has had enough?

In This Episode We Cover

Why hedge funds are hurting and failing to keep up with maintenance on their properties

The “deceptive marketing” tactic OpenDoor used to lure in new customers

How rapid “repricing” is changing the way commercial real estate deals are done

Jamil’s $2.5M mistake and why you should always focus on your own area of expertise

Low interest rates and why banks are offering them even as the Fed pushes for increases

And So Much More!

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