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To: Riskmgmt who wrote (2590)	6/19/2017 10:51:48 PM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2722

still some juice left in the RE market especially now Dodd Frank is being trimmed. Low interest rates, pent up demand we just need the banks to start making those mortgages more available and up we go. Been a really good return on buy/rent/holds the last 10 years. Yes investors made a killing late 2008 to 2013. Many areas single family still on affordable side no where near PITI = equivalent rent. In 2006 was the opposite (low rents high interest rates) and way overvalued most everywhere. So overall when you add in easier financing will far surpass prior peak before all is said and done. Not saying this is a good thing long term but it is what it is.

To: Riskmgmt who wrote (2590)	8/4/2017 9:03:23 AM
From: Riskmgmt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2722

Time to buy farmland? bloomberg.com Ready to quit the city, buy a farm and live out your rural fantasy? Bargains can be found in South Dakota, but you better move quickly in California, which is getting pricey. Average farmland values nationwide have risen 2.3 percent to $3,080 an acre so far in 2017, according to an annual report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That gain, which erases last year’s decline of $10 an acre, is mostly due to increases in the value of buildings and land put into non-agricultural uses. State-by-state, however, the picture is varied. "What region you’re in and what commodities you produce matter," said Dan Kowalski, director of research at CoBank, an agricultural lending cooperative based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. California, the biggest U.S. agricultural producer and home to high-value crops such as almonds and avocados, saw the largest gain in land values, an increase of 10 percent to $8,700 an acre. The end of a multi-year droughtthere may have brought confidence back into farmland buying, Kowalski said.