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50 Rent to Own Homes in Native American Development

Native American Tribes Move to Make Real Estate a Force for Renewal After an internal change putting a priority on homeownership for members, the Pascua Yaqui tribe near Tucson, Ariz., recently broke ground on its first mixed-use development: a subdivision featuring 50 rent-to-own single-family homes, townhomes, and office and retail space. Read the full article …

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Blackstone Bets on Rent to Own in the US With $6 Billion Buyout

For more than a decade, Blackstone has poured money into the US residential real estate market. Now the buyout giant has made a significant bet on the country’s booming housing market with a mega-deal for a company that buys and leases single-family homes. The firm’s real estate arm has agreed to acquire a majority stake …

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Realtors and Rent 2 Own Providers—More than mutual benefit

By Ron Geddert If you’re in the rent-to-own space, you work with realtors; maybe you even are a realtor. We need them. But do they need us? Is there a mutual benefit? I interviewed three realtors working with CAROP members to gain a bit more understanding from their perspective. I was a little surprised—pleasantly so–at …

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Whitehorse Non Profit Looks at Rent to Own as an Option

Why this Whitehorse non-profit wants to make a community land trust Imagine affordable housing units in Whitehorse that would stay affordable forever. That’s what Tyler Heal and Laird Herbert, members of Northern Community Land Trust board, hope to do. “Put simply, it’s a way to create affordable housing that … stay[s] affordable. We do that …

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