Everyone was so jubilant that securities laws loosened up the qualification gates BUT the problem is in the vetting. 

Well, what happened was the massive humidity loosened probably 50% of the tiles, exposing the cement board/plaster product below and letting a bunch of tiles fall off the wall, where huge chunks of adhesive were stuck in the plaster.

That's actually a loosening of loan guidelines from not so long ago. 

@Devin Peterson self sufficiency test is only for FHA. conventional just loosened up down to lower down payments for 3-4 units so that's super wonderful.

@Pat MarcoSome banks are starting to loosen up a bit...especially on condos.It's a great time to revisit financing if anyone incurred issues in the past.

As the administration has halted all evictions for federally backed mortgages, it will loosen your leverage on your tenants.

The fed is out of silver bullets and there is a full moon on the rise.With regard to RE (at least in my market) I think it will likely peak summer 2017 if lending does NOT loosen up, or later (maybe a year or two) with a much more severe downturn if it does, but my crystal ball is just as fuzzy as everyone else's.  

Building out kitchens and laying down flooring don’t need to be licensed but there’s a lot of paperwork now even though the laws have loosened.

Thus things loosen a tiny bit.2.

There may be some events that may occur that may loosen this up over the next 6-12 months, but a solution to the inventory shortage is no where on the horizon.This means that there will be no price drop, at least in my area interest PA DE NJ MD.