Real estate investments

Mortgage professionals are focusing on housing policies and the Federal Reserve this November.

Compared to a year ago, investors bought a greater number of properties and made up a larger share of overall purchases, returning to the market faster than individual buyers, according to Redfin.

The segment demonstrated sustained resilience in the third quarter, growing its share of the market each month amid rate volatility, according to Corelogic.

The share of residential property buyers that put themselves in the most optimistic category jumped notably in the latest edition of an RCN survey.

While the share is slightly lower than at the start of 2023, the market is not expected to slip back to lower pre-pandemic levels, CoreLogic said.

The sponsors got the portfolio through multiple acquisitions from May through October.

The insurance company has previously sponsored three securitizations of reperforming/nonperforming loans since 2017.

The single-family rental market could benefit from more consistent loan terms and expanded secondary mortgage market opportunities, Freddie Mac found in a preliminary test of expanded involvement in the sector.