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Over 10 Million Distressed US Homes Ripe For Real Estate Investors

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on Thursday, 18 June 2015
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New data reveals more than 10 million distressed homes that could be ripe for US real estate investors…

Even though some real estate investors say they have been feeling the pinch from fast rising property prices and a lack of inventory, there are many more distressed properties out there than many can fathom.

While US home equity has been racking up hundreds of billions of dollars in positive gains many US homes are still deep in distress. According to National Mortgage News there were around 5 million underwater homes in America in mid-June 2015. But that’s only a small part of the story. CoreLogic data shows 85% of homes under $200,000 are still underwater!

Think that’s a bigger number? Then add another 20% of mortgaged US homes, or just shy of 10 million homes that have less than 20% equity. These represent homeowners that are also in a tight spot. Between Realtor commissions, taxes, closing costs, pre-payment penalties, back interest and fees, HOA and condo dues, code enforcement violations, property taxes, and marketing expenses most of this group may not be able to sell conventionally either.

Want MORE deals? Check out the 50% to 74% rise in bank owned REOs revealed in this real estate blog post. Then ice that with fresh new residential and commercial mortgage delinquencies. And then there are all the properties that are not mortgaged, but are in distress due to property condition, divorce, past due taxes, and more. 10 million is just a small piece of the pie.

US banks just got slammed with new regulations in June 2015 too. Some of the biggest have finally found that skirting their obligations to help homeowners, grant short sales, and approve real loan modifications has caught up with them. In some cases this means they are banned from increasing their mortgage loan portfolio size. That means they have to shift bad loans and old loans off their books in order to make new ones and make more money. That’s a whole new world of motivation for banks to help investors buy these properties.

There may be some negotiating, and creative deal structuring and financing to be done, but it’s unlikely we’ve seen opportunity this big for US real estate investing since the days of the pioneers heading west.

 

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