Real estate investments

Investors bought 15.9% of U.S. homes sold in Q3, according to Redfin, a level similar to 2018 and 2019, when the share was around 14%.

Mortgage professionals are focusing on housing policies and the Federal Reserve this November.

Most of the investment community overall showed more favorable sentiment toward one presidential candidate than the other, but a subset of it begs to differ.

Their second quarter pace trailed pandemic highs but still accounted for one of every six homes sold nationwide.

The number of properties sold over the past year was the fewest since 2009, the National Association of Realtors said.

The deal is expected to open up "substantial funding capacity" for Los Angeles-based BARH Dunmore, which launched in 2021.

Compared to a year ago, investors bought a greater number of properties and made up a larger share of overall purchases, returning to the market faster than individual buyers, according to Redfin.

Texas' largest markets saw the least amount of profit gained from flipped homes last year, with Austin even posting a loss, according to Attom.

The segment demonstrated sustained resilience in the third quarter, growing its share of the market each month amid rate volatility, according to Corelogic.

Sun Belt cities saw the greatest annual decline in transactions over the third quarter, with Atlanta's number down to half of its level at the same time in 2022, Redfin said.

Households shelled out 5% more to upgrade their properties compared to a year ago, but volume will decline by almost 8% over the next 12 months, according to Harvard researchers.

The share of residential property buyers that put themselves in the most optimistic category jumped notably in the latest edition of an RCN survey.

Over 150 former staff of the real estate investment lender that was acquired by Roc360 earlier this year are among the founding team of the new venture named CV3.

While the share is slightly lower than at the start of 2023, the market is not expected to slip back to lower pre-pandemic levels, CoreLogic said.

Overall sentiment in the segment shows 30% of businesses expect market conditions to become more favorable for them over the next six months, while 26% said they would get worse, according to a new study.

Democratic senators including Banking Chair Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren want to restrict tax breaks for large corporate investors that buy local homes and often drive up costs.

Businesses in the first quarter lost money in 1 of every 7 home sales, a rate which approached a seven-year high, Redfin said.

Sluggish sales, high mortgage rates and the exit of iBuyers all contributed to the larger share of properties going for less than original purchase value last month.

Return on investment fell to 26.9%, the smallest since 2008, according to a new report from Attom.

Many players in the segment appear to be holding back on plans amid concerns about falling prices and rents, according to Redfin.