大投资公司,包括黑石公司,colony, 集80亿资金,一窝风地买银行回收房,自己作地主。南加州的colony公司,在乔之亚州一天就买了133栋房。银行也学精了,不愿意批量地卖,大公司也和小地主一样,要一个一个地买。
这些公司一般以比自己估价低12%买进,租金回报率为 7%-8%。
Major financial firms led by Colony, Blackstone Group LP, BX +1.50%Och-Ziff Capital Management and Oaktree Capital Group LLC have raised more than $8 billion to buy houses, largely in markets pummeled by the housing crisis.
Colony owns about 3,600 foreclosed homes, including 133 bought in the Atlanta area in one day, and officials hope to increase the firm's inventory to 10,000 by next spring.
At first, many investors hoped lenders would sell foreclosed houses in bulk. But most banks prefer to sell one house at a time, figuring that approach will fetch higher prices.
Executives say early returns are promising. Yields on rents from houses owned by the firm are 7% to 8%, higher than many other types of real estate. Purchase prices have averaged 12% less than Colony expected, which should make it easier to sell the homes or borrow against them and exit with double-digit percentage gains.
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