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SFR and fix-and-flip investors expect a better market in 2024

Housing Wire

Last year might best be described as a risk-prone atmosphere for the single-family rental sector and the related fix-and-flip market. Still, despite the gloomy news of late for SFR and fix-and-flip investors, some industry experts see better fortunes ahead in 2024 for both sectors. “We

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Real estate investors snagged more entry-level houses than ever: Redfin

Housing Wire

Real estate investors purchased 26.1% By comparison, investors purchased 13.6% As mortgage rates and home prices have remained elevated across the board, investors have mirrored consumer homebuyers and have shifted their focus toward more affordable homes. I just sold one foreclosed house to an investor for $400,000.

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Fix-and-flip investors are filling in the gaps in some housing markets: report

Housing Wire

Roughly 80% of real estate investors surveyed are selling single-family homes at or above asking price after fully renovating the properties to make them habitable, according to a report from real estate marketplace New Western. Other notable markets that grew in the same period included popular Sunbelt investor havens Atlanta and Dallas.

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No, Wall Street investors haven’t bought 44% of homes this year

Housing Wire

Are big Wall Street investors really buying 44% of homes this year? Housing inventory is near all-time lows, but big institutional investors like Invitation Homes or BlackRock aren’t to blame. market share at the peak level in this data line, which goes back to the start of the century. of market share in Q2.

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Mom-and-pop landlords stepping in as ‘mega-investors’ retreat from single-family market

Housing Wire

Single-family home purchase demand by investors remained steady in the fourth quarter of 2022, despite a dip in iBuying and larger investor demand, according to a report released this month by CoreLogic. Broadly speaking, the market cooled for both investment buyers and owner-occupied buyers.

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Private-label securities are in demand as investors bet Fed peak is reached

Housing Wire

For investors in the private-label securities (PLS) market, the earlier signal was enough to unleash a boatload of money that had been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the “peak” to arrive, according to several market experts interviewed recently by HousingWire. And future rate cuts mean less return [for investors].

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Investors feeling optimistic, buying record share of homes

Real Estate News

A pair of new reports look at the role investors played in the housing market last year and offer insights into their current outlook and pain points.

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