大投資公司,包括黑石公司,colony, 集80億資金,一窩風地買銀行回收房,自己作地主。南加州的colony公司,在喬之亞州一天就買了133棟房。銀行也學精了,不願意批量地賣,大公司也和小地主一樣,要一個一個地買。
這些公司一般以比自己估價低12%買進,租金回報率為 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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