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Nov 30, 2017

According to a recent article in USA today, single-family rentals are developing faster than any other portion of the housing market. The rentals outpace both single-family home purchases and apartment-style living, according to the Urban Institute.  Single-family rentals have gone up 30% within the last three years...


Nov 28, 2017

According to a recent article in Mortgage Professional America, the fastest-growing segment of the housing market today is single-family rentals.  The shift to single-family rentals is being driven by a number of factors, notably tight mortgage credit and millennials’ lifestyle choices, which differ from...


Nov 22, 2017

As reported recently in HousingWire, the previously announced merger of Invitation Homes and Starwood Waypoint Homes is now complete.  The deal, which was originally announced in August, creates the nation’s largest owner and operator of single-family rental homes. The completion of the merger marks the latest in a...


Nov 20, 2017

As we head into the single-family rental conference, some investors contemplate buying notes secured by real estate versus the real estate itself.  The pros and cons of buying notes versus real estate are debable.  Many note investors will argue that you can manage more notes than real estate projects and there are...


Nov 17, 2017

The rate of acquisitions by the large investors in the single-family rental market has declined in 2017.  Instead, small and mid-sized companies have become the leading buyers of single-family houses for rent. As home prices rise, these smaller companies have been willing to buy properties in secondary and tertiary...