New data shows fewer than one in four purchases at foreclosure and REO auctions involve financing, underscoring a substantial, untapped opportunity. Nearly eight in 10 homes purchased at distressed property auctions are not financed by the buyer, representing a largely untapped market for the private lending industry. An Auction.com analysis of 200,000 properties sold at [...]
Slowing returns on renovated foreclosures provide an early retail market barometer. Buyers purchasing distressed properties at auction pulled back on the price they were willing to pay relative to after-repair value (the estimated value of a property in fully renovated condition) starting in May 2024 and continuing through July 2024. This marked a distinct shift [...]
Investors will likely gain a bigger advantage in acquiring properties on the retail market but may see more competition from retail buyers on alternative purchase platforms and chilling demand for resales. A landmark court settlement roiling the real estate industry this year will likely give real estate investors an even bigger advantage when acquiring properties [...]
Investors will likely gain a bigger advantage in acquiring properties on the retail market but may see more competition from retail buyers on alternative purchase platforms and chilling demand for resales. A landmark court settlement roiling the real estate industry this year will likely give real estate investors an even bigger advantage when acquiring properties [...]
Institutional investors may be pulling back, but smaller, local investors see opportunity. There’s been some recent buzz about institutional investors pulling back on property acquisitions, but the small-volume local investors who account for the majority of investment property purchases are bullish about ramping up acquisitions in 2024 after being constrained by a lack of inventory [...]
Higher demand bodes well for the retail market and benefits sellers and distressed homeowners. Demand from local real estate investors turned a corner in early 2023 after bottoming out in late 2022, a good sign for the private lending industry and the retail housing market in the second half of the year. “The market is [...]
Nearly double the 17 percent share in 2023, buyers most bearish in the West Buyers still aggressive on acquisitions but shifting toward hold-for-rent strategy 77 percent of buyers are local community developers, owner-occupants doubled Irvine, Calif. — June 1, 2023 — Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, today released its 2023 Buyer Insights [...]
Local community developers are less vulnerable to downturns because they add value through renovation. Led by tech- and venture capital-fueled upstarts coronated as iBuyers, home-flipping profits plummeted in the second half of 2022 as the housing market slowed to a crawl. But community-focused, low-volume investors bucked the trend by stubbornly sticking with the sustainable strategy [...]
As the housing market transitions, here’s what real estate investors can expect—and how they can adjust. Real estate investing can be profitable in any market, but successful investing strategies often vary widely depending on broader market conditions. As the housing market transitions quickly from frenzy to flatline, here’s what real estate investors can expect and [...]
Sixty-eight percent of renovated foreclosure resales during the pandemic went to owner-occupants. Foreclosure properties renovated and resold by real estate investors supplied an estimated 118,000 affordably priced homes to owner-occupants in the last two years, according to an analysis of proprietary data from Auction.com and public record data from ATTOM Data Solutions. The 118,000 renovated [...]
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