Peachtree Group Adds To Exec Team

Atlanta-based Peachtree Group has promoted Brian Waldman to chief investment officer and appointed Jeremy Stoler to EVP, debt capital markets, the company announced in a press release. Waldman will manage the company’s multi-billion-dollar investment portfolio and investment strategies across its distinct operating, lending, and real estate divisions. He brings two decades of experience to the position, including Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets for Beacon Property Members, where he executed capital markets and other advisory assignments with an asset value of more than $8 billion. He joined Peachtree in 2015. During his tenure, he has overseen transactions grossing about $6 billion. “Brian has extensive investment and portfolio management experience and an in-depth understanding of the investment process. We are…

SFRhub.com Partnering With Altisource

SFRhub.com has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Altisource, with the goal of creating an online marketplace for SFR and BFR properties. The collaboration is intended to give SFRhub.com, a real estate investment platform specializing in single-family residential (SFR) and Build-For-Rent (BFR) investment portfolios, a “one-stop” platform for investors to buy and sell homes. Altisource, a data and residential real estate services provider, will supply information and services to the platform. “SFRhub.com’s collaboration with Altisource will provide SFR/BFR investors with the first-to-market, ‘one-stop’ solution to expertly buy and sell homes in one of CRE’s most fast-paced and hottest asset investment segments,” said Jeff Cline, executive director and principal of SFRhub.com.  “We believe this multi-platform collaboration is truly one of the…

Real-Estate Investors Say Market ‘Much Worse’ Than A Year Ago

RealtyTrac’s Investor Sentiment Survey found 48% of real-estate investors believed the investment market is worse or much worse than a year ago, and 36% anticipate it will stay bad over the next six months. RealtyTrac, an ATTOM company that covers foreclosure and other real-estate data, surveyed more than 300 individual real-estate investors around the country. Almost 63% of respondents listed the rising cost of homes as a major challenge for investing, overtaking the former number one challenge, inventory, which came in at 57%. But when asked how they think the situation will look in six months, inventory again comes out on top, suggesting investors see home costs as a temporary hindrance. Competition from other buyers dropped out of the top…