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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. is lacking about 320,000 listings valued at the affordable range for middle-income buyers.

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Institutional investors now balk at buying homes in this market niche

Housing Wire

Institutional real estate investors — often mammoth operators with ties to Wall Street — gobbled up record amounts of inventory in almost every corner of the pandemic-induced fever dream that was the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception: distressed properties sold at foreclosure auction. Bulk Buyer Bonanza. in 2009.

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How auction buyer data foreshadows housing market shifts

Housing Wire

Retail housing market data from June showing early signs of a real estate slowdown was foreshadowed three months earlier in buyer behavior at foreclosure auctions. This data shows early signs of a slowdown in the retail housing market in June that was anticipated by real estate investors buying properties at foreclosure auction in March.

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Opinion: Investors play key role in providing affordable housing options

Housing Wire

Investors provide capital necessary for many families to fulfill their aspirations of living in a house whether renting or owning. How can investors help with homeownership? Let’s switch gears and consider how investors help with home ownership. of all flipped homes in Q3 2021 went to FHA buyers. were built before 1980.

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

Housing Wire

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 That should help to unlock more inventory while also reducing financing costs for leveraged investors. In 2023, the landscape for home flipping across the U.S.

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These housing markets are most likely to correct based on foreclosure buyer behavior

Housing Wire

Real estate investors purchasing distressed properties at foreclosure auction have been telegraphing a possible housing market slowdown for the last six months. A deeper dive into foreclosure buyer behavior shows which markets are most likely to see a home price correction in the next six months. Price Correction Risk by Region.

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These markets are attracting the most out-of-state real estate investors

Housing Wire

Many real estate investors were serendipitously ahead of this shift even before the pandemic started, driven by both affordability and an affinity for overlooked markets. Those markets I’m able to put a little bit less money in but also make a comfortable amount of return,” said Bijan Green, a Denver-based real estate investor. “A