
iBuyer Home Purchases Inch Back Toward Pre-Pandemic Levels
The year-over-year decline in iBuyer home purchases narrowed to 6% in the first quarter, when iBuyers snatched up 4,383 homes. The nation’s top iBuying companies
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The year-over-year decline in iBuyer home purchases narrowed to 6% in the first quarter, when iBuyers snatched up 4,383 homes. The nation’s top iBuying companies
70% of home offers faced bidding wars in May, down from 74% in April. Still, competition remains far more intense than it was a year

The typical home with high flood risk sold for $402,010 in the first quarter—a 14% premium over the typical home with low flood risk. That’s
Purchases of high-end homes jumped 26% in the three months ending April 30, versus a 15% increase for mid-priced homes. High-end sales rose the most
Institutions are wading back into the U.S. homebuying market after pressing pause at the start of the pandemic Single-family homes and high-priced properties, in particular,
That’s up from 45% a year earlier and marks the 12th-straight month in which more than half of home offers encountered competition. Nearly three-quarters (72%)

The year-over-year decline in iBuyer home purchases narrowed to 6% in the first quarter, when iBuyers snatched up 4,383 homes. The nation’s top iBuying companies
70% of home offers faced bidding wars in May, down from 74% in April. Still, competition remains far more intense than it was a year

The typical home with high flood risk sold for $402,010 in the first quarter—a 14% premium over the typical home with low flood risk. That’s
Purchases of high-end homes jumped 26% in the three months ending April 30, versus a 15% increase for mid-priced homes. High-end sales rose the most
Institutions are wading back into the U.S. homebuying market after pressing pause at the start of the pandemic Single-family homes and high-priced properties, in particular,
That’s up from 45% a year earlier and marks the 12th-straight month in which more than half of home offers encountered competition. Nearly three-quarters (72%)