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Real-estate investors have returned to the Valley in a big way, prompting concerns that the housing market is becoming too speculative to sustain the recent buyer activity.
The lure of once-in-a-lifetime deals on bank-owned homes is driving investor purchases, which experts say account for 50 to 70 percent of recent home-buying transactions. Still, it’s the ability to generate revenue by renting the homes to tenants - in some cases, previous owners - that makes the properties such attractive investments. more…