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Business Insider - The Housing Market's Next Big Crisis: Too Many Homes
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Ivy and Dennis provided their concerns about longer-term trends that indicate housing demand is bound to weaken. Our firm's demographic analysis of the US reveals slowing household formation and population growth, as well as declining immigration levels.
Read HereTD Ameritrade Network - Trading 360 with Nicole Petallides
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Is there a cooling happening in the housing market which will relieve homebuyers? Alan joined the show touching on rates, new home construction, inventory levels and stocks. "A protracted rally in homebuilder shares is unlikely alongside further tightening from the Fed. I continue to recommend a hedged approach to the group, where possible."
Watch HereTIME - Signs Are Pointing to a Slowdown in the Housing Market - At Last
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Dennis discussed his thoughts on demographics and the implications for housing supply. “Everybody on the development side is looking backwards and saying, ‘Well, we’ve always had a million and a half housing starts a year, so we should get back to that,’ but they’re completely ignoring the fact that the demographic underpinning is different. They’ve convinced themselves there’s a huge supply shortage.”
Read HereDebt Financing Announcement: Hayden Homes Participates in Global Debt Recapitalization
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Zelman served as Exclusive Financial Advisor and Placement Agent to Hayden on its recent global debt recapitalization, including a new Senior Unsecured Revolver and a new Senior Unsecured Term Loan. Founded in 1989 in Redmond, Oregon, Hayden Homes is the Pacific Northwest’s largest private builder having delivered over 20,000 homes since inception utilizing a land-lite operating model focused on first-time and move-up buyers.
Read HereBusiness Insider - Are We In A Housing Bubble? We Asked 32 Experts, And Most Said...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Are we in a housing bubble? Ivy was among an esteemed group of economists, lenders, and investors who shared their insights and offered analyses of how it compares with previous booms and busts, as well as some predictions for what could come next. Ivy's take, "I don't expect that we are going to see a crash but do expect pricing pressure."
Read HereCNBC - Closing Bell with Sara Eisen
Monday, May 16, 2022
Ivy joined Sara Eisen to discuss housing, pricing, mortgage rates, surges in land demand and the build-for-rent market. Ivy noted, "We’re seeing an inflection point in the housing market."
Watch HereM&A Announcement - Copper Bay Portfolio Sale to Private REIT
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Zelman, in partnership with Walker & Dunlop's Investment Sales team, served as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Copper Bay on the sale of a stabilized portfolio of 283 newly-built single-family rental homes to a Private REIT. Copper Bay is an affiliate of Allen Edwin Homes, the leading Midwestern new home builder based in Portage, Michigan
Read HereThe New York Times - The Sky-High Pandemic Housing Market Finds Gravity Does Exist
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Ivy provided her thoughts about rising mortgage rates and surging home prices saying, "there is a lot more concern than there had been."
Read HereThe Wall Street Journal - Home Builders Bypassing Individual Home Buyers For Deep-Pocketed Investors
Monday, April 11, 2022
Our team commented on the magnitude of investor interest in the housing market right now, "Large investors have amassed some $89 billion in capital to spend on building or buying new rental homes and have deployed only about one-quarter of it."
Read HereCNBC - The 30-Year Mortgage Rate Tops 5%. Here’s What Investors Should Know
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Alan provided his thoughts on historical stock performance when mortgage rates climb. "Homebuilding stocks have generally not done well in a rising rate environment because investors anticipate that once rates go up, demand will eventually suffer and that will impact homebuilder profitability."
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