Housing Market

Investors

Investor Home Purchases Are Down Over 40% in Sun Belt Pandemic Boomtowns

Nationwide, investor purchases fell 30% year over year to the lowest third-quarter level in seven years, as rising mortgage rates, high home prices and a lackluster rental market made investing less attractive. Investor purchases of U.S. homes dropped 29.7% year over year in the third quarter to 48,667—the lowest level of any third quarter since […]

1 in 3 U.S. Homebuyers Are Paying All Cash, the Highest Share in Nearly a Decade

The share of homes bought in all cash hit its highest level since 2014 in September as elevated mortgage rates made paying in cash more attractive and priced out many buyers who would need loans. The number of all-cash sales was still down 11% from a year ago because the overall housing market has slowed […]
New Construction

Almost a Third of Homes for Sale Are New Construction—the Highest Share of Any Third Quarter on Record

New builds are taking up a growing share of the pie as builders attract buyers with concessions, and surging mortgage rates prevent existing homeowners from selling. Nationwide, 30.6% of U.S. single-family homes for sale in the third quarter were new construction—the highest share of any third quarter on record. That’s up from 28.9% one year […]
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