Investor Activity

May 22, 2023

Total Investor Home Purchases Are Unlikely to Dip Due to Rising Int...

Mega-investors, iBuyers and home flippers are leaving the housing market in droves, but investor home purchases from smaller investors remains strong.

April 3, 2023

Investors Chased Rents in 2022. Is it Coming Back to Bite Them?

Small investor activity has shown resilience, with mom-and-pop investors retaining market share even as prices increase.

March 3, 2023

Single-Family Home Investor Share Remained High in Q4 2022, With Sm...

The overall share of home investors held steady during the fourth quarter but remains significantly higher than it did before the pandemic. CoreLogic's Office of The Chief Economist breaks down the numbers.

September 14, 2022

Are Mega-Investors Behind the Record Price Appreciation?

The share of single-family homes purchased by investors went from 16% in 2020 to 24% in 2021, and the outsized presence of mega-investors raises concerns that they are driving up prices and muscling potential homeowners out of the market.

September 5, 2022

Small Investors Chose to Sell Properties Rather than Rent Them Duri...

Fueled by the housing supply shortage and historically low mortgage rates during the pandemic, both home prices and rents hit new highs. With home price growth at record levels, some single-family investors sold their rental portfolios to extract the equity gains.

August 24, 2022

The Beginning of the End? Single-Family Investor Activity Takes a S...

The share of single-family home purchases made by investors dropped by 8 percentage points from Q1 to Q2, suggesting that these buyers may be more sensitive to interest rate increases than owner-occupied buyers

July 29, 2022

Holidaze: Luxury Priced Home Sales Heated Up in 2021

Demand for luxury homes in vacation destinations intensified with sales surging by triple-digits.

July 7, 2022

Single-Family Investor Activity Bounces Back in the First Quarter o...

Although the real estate market showed signs of receding in Q4 2021, investors resumed their buying spree in early 2022

April 4, 2022

Single-Family Investor Activity Stalls in the Fourth Quarter of 2021

Investors’ recent acquisition spree showed its first signs of slowing down in the fourth quarter of 2021. After hitting historical peaks in the second and third quarters of 2021, the share of homes purchased by investors reached its zenith last October at 26.9% of total home sales

January 26, 2022

iBuyer Activity in 2021 Doubled from Pre-Coronavirus Levels

In addition to elevated demand for owner-occupied and second homes since the onset of the pandemic, there has also been an increase in investor home purchases across the U.S. housing markets.

January 21, 2022

Which Increased More: New or Existing Home Prices?

New home prices up less in 2021, but more over the last decade

December 23, 2021

Single-Family Investor Activity Remained High in the Third Quarter

Much like the record appreciation recorded in the CoreLogic Home Price Index, investor activity hit peaks previously unseen in CoreLogic data in the second quarter of 2021.