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 [...]
Most distressed sales are going to smaller-volume buyers and, increasingly, owner-occupants. Large-volume homebuyers ramped up property acquisitions in the first half of 2021, but these are not your father’s institutional buyers. Unlike a decade ago, when Wall Street-backed hedge funds and other institutional investors swooped into the housing market and scooped up hundreds of thousands [...]
The current real estate market has created an ultra-competitive environment for home buyers. No longer are the days when real estate investors could outbid competitors, secure a property, and flip it for an easy profit. As a result, many real estate investors are turning to distressed properties more and more. The amount of inventory that [...]
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