sold! what s the name of your company? we re private. but the recovery isn t quite what it seems. housing recoveries are typically led by buyers. and those buyers, historically, were typically homeowners. people who intended to purchase and live in the home. they weren t investors, and it wasn t second homes. i don t want to be on camera but in 2011, 2012, you started seeing firms that were backed by some of the larger private equity firms beginning to get into the market. who came in and bought houses by the block, basically. we ve been trying to talk to some of the investors here like invitation homes right behind me, but they refused to talk to us. this has not been the ideal recovery. this is the only housing recovery we have right now. it s a landlord s market and rents are rising across the country. the question is: are investors jump-starting the economy or laying the foundation for a new crisis. right now the biggest landlords in the u.s. is wa
competition has gotten steep. sold! what s the name of your company? we re private. but the recovery isn t quite what it seems. housing recoveries are typically led by buyers. and those buyers, historically, were typically homeowners. people who intended to purchase and live in the home. they weren t investors, and it wasn t second homes. i don t want to be on camera but in 2011, 2012, you started seeing firms that were backed by some of the larger private equity firms beginning to get into the market. who came in and bought houses by the block, basically. we ve been trying to talk to some of the investors here like invitation homes right behind me, but they refused to talk to us. this has not been the ideal recovery. this is the only housing recovery we have right now. it s a landlord s market and rents are rising across the country. the question is: are investors jump-starting the economy or laying the foundation for a new crisis. right now the bigge
competition has gotten steep. sold! what s the name of your company? we re private. but the recovery isn t quite what it seems. housing recoveries are typically led by buyers. and those buyers, historically, were typically homeowners. people who intended to purchase and live in the home. they weren t investors, and it wasn t second homes. i don t want to be on camera but in 2011, 2012, you started seeing firms that were backed by some of the larger private equity firms beginning to get into the market. who came in and bought houses by the block, basically. we ve been trying to talk to some of the investors here like invitation homes right behind me, but they refused to talk to us. this has not been the ideal recovery. this is the only housing recovery we have right now. it s a landlord s market and rents are rising across the country. the question is: are investors jump-starting the economy or laying the foundation for a new crisis. right now the bigge
sold! what s the name of your company? we re private. but the recovery isn t quite what it seems. housing recoveries are typically led by buyers. and those buyers, historically, were typically homeowners. people who intended to purchase and live in the home. they weren t investors, and it wasn t second homes. i don t want to be on camera but in 2011, 2012, you started seeing firms that were backed by some of the larger private equity firms beginning to get into the market. who came in and bought houses by the block, basically. we ve been trying to talk to some of the investors here like invitation homes right behind me, but they refused to talk to us. this has not been the ideal recovery. this is the only housing recovery we have right now. it s a landlord s market and rents are rising across the country. the question is: are investors jump-starting the economy or laying the foundation for a new crisis. right now the biggest landlords in the u.s. is wa
this one in georgia, competition has gotten steep. sold! what s the name of your company? we re private. but the recovery isn t quite what it seems. housing recoveries are typically led by buyers. and those buyers, historically, were typically homeowners. people who intended to purchase and live in the home. they weren t investors, and it wasn t second homes. i don t want to be on camera but in 2011, 2012, you started seeing firms that were backed by some of the larger private equity firms beginning to get into the market. who came in and bought houses by the block, basically. we ve been trying to talk to some of the investors here like invitation homes right behind me, but they refused to talk to us. this has not been the ideal recovery. this is the only housing recovery we have right now. it s a landlord s market and rents are rising across the country. the question is: are investors jump-starting the economy or laying the foundation for a new crisis.