Thursday, April 4, 2013

So called Housing Recovery is Different


This Housing Recovery Is Different:
Investors Are Now Big Buyers


...Unlike past housing recoveries, this one is heavily supported by investors — big and small. They account for about a third of home purchases in the existing housing market, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Among those big investors are the Blackstone Group (BX) which has been buying $100 million worth of single family homes a week since early last year, spending a total $3.5 billion to date, according to the Wall Street Journal. Click picture to learn more.
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CLEAN CUT: This previously vacant Grant Park home was purchased, renovated, and put up for rent by Invitation Homes, a subsidiary of large investment firm Blackstone Group LP.

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