Hedge funds buying houses: How are the loans structured?
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They pay cash
RE is financed at the portfolio or firm levels, not via individual mortgages. These properties are
typically bought in bulk, not one at a time through local brokers/agents.
Read Blackstone's 2017 Invitation Homes prospectus for details on financing. IIRC they were
leveraged a bit more than 3:1 overall, a much lower gearing than the typical retail purchase.
The idea that corporations should be allowed to compete with individuals for homes is absurd, and an obvious sign of the corruption in our societies. Having these players in the "market" for homes does nothing but create rents which are a transfer of wealth from poor to rich. It is modern day feudalism. The higher prices created by this regime don't really even lead to more supply because housing isn't a normal market - you can't just create more land in the places people want to live.
From what I've been reading, the big boys on Wall Street are buying with cash. They don't take out 30 year FHA loans like you or me.
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