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Each week on The Download, Inman’s Christy Murdock takes a deeper look at the top-read stories of the week to give you what you’ll need to meet Monday head-on. This week: As investors see local markets and rental prices soften, they’ve started to unload underperforming inventory at a record pace.
Not long ago, real estate looked like a one-way bet. Prices were climbing, inventory was tight, and rental demand seemed bottomless. Investors banked on the idea that the market would keep delivering year after year.
Now, it seems, the tide is turning. Interest rates, economic pressure and shifting supply dynamics are starting to reshape the landscape, and even large investor-adjacent companies are struggling to regroup.
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At the same time, however, there are bright spots and opportunities that make this the time to take a long, hard look at your holdings and find out what else is out there. If you’re working with investors, reach out and see what they’re looking for on both the buy- and sell-sides.
Real estate investors are unloading homes at record clip to stem losses by Richelle Hammiel
Real estate investors are selling off portions of their portfolios at a record pace, hoping to stem losses as the housing market cools and rental prices soften, a new report from Realtor.com has found.
Investors in the Midwest and South — two of the country’s most affordable regions — are seeing the most offloads. The top five investor seller states were Missouri (16.7 percent), Oklahoma (16.7 percent), Georgia (15.9 percent), Kansas (14.3 percent) and Utah (14.3 percent).
Despite the sell-off, there are still deals to be had. Purchases by investors ticked up slightly last year, with 13 percent of all 2024 home purchases made by investors, up from 12.7 percent in 2023.
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Christy Murdock is a writer, coach and consultant and the owner of Writing Real Estate. Connect with Writing Real Estate on Instagram and subscribe to the weekly roundup, The Ketchup.
