{"id":2388,"date":"2021-07-29T20:10:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T20:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/29\/real-estate-investors-adding-to-inventory-in-19-markets\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:38:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:38:31","slug":"real-estate-investors-adding-to-inventory-in-19-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/29\/real-estate-investors-adding-to-inventory-in-19-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate investors adding to inventory in 19 markets\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In our everyday discussions with real estate agents, there seems to be a cold war between deep-pocket real estate investors and buyers.\u00a0The idea is that buyers can\u2019t compete with investors who are usurping homes with all-cash offers, leaving little inventory behind.\u00a0A closer look at some data suggests that\u2019s not always the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/real-estate-investors-set-records-in-q2-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">real estate investors<\/a> are purchasing homes rapidly \u2014 investor purchases of homes are up 103% year-over-year in April 2021 \u2014 they\u2019re also contributing inventory in big metros.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In roughly 19 markets \u2013 including Atlanta, Dallas, Baltimore, Los Angeles and San Francisco \u2013 investors are actually helping to replenish the number of homes for sale, according to a <strong>Realtor.com <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.move.com\/2021-07-29-Realtor-com-R-Investor-Report-Top-Markets-Where-Investors-Are-Impacting-the-Inventory-Crunch\">report<\/a>. These are markets where they\u2019re selling more than they\u2019re buying. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investors added to inventory in these large metros&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Atlanta +399 homes<\/li><li>Dallas+239<\/li><li>Baltimore+188<\/li><li>Los Angeles+112<\/li><li>San Francisco+93<\/li><li>Washington D.C.+84<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cities where investors are gobbling up homes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, not all cities are seeing an influx of real estate investor homes in its inventory. Cities such as Phoenix, Miami, Tampa, Charlotte and even Chicago, see investors buying more than they are selling. The top 10 metros where investors are buying more than selling have an average population of 4.2 million, compared to an average population of 5.5 million in metros where investors are currently selling more than buying. The metros where investors are buying more tend to have more active listings relative to the total housing stock, with top buying metros having 3.7 homes available for every 1,000 households this April, while the top-selling metros only have 3.0 homes available for every 1,000 households, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/research\/investor-report-april-2021\/\">investor report<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investor purchases on the rise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investor purchases are on the rise, nationally. Investors bought 5.7% of homes sold in April and sold just 5.0%, competing with non-investor buyers. During that month, those investors raided the market, buying approximately 2,700 properties. This has caused a negative net contribution not seen since <a href=\"https:\/\/rdceconomics.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Investor_NetContribution.png\">2015<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn\u2019t always like this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until last October, investors were selling homes at a faster rate than they were purchasing for 11 straight months during the pre-and earlier pandemic period.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Housing climax&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will it get better for homebuyers? That depends on when it is a good time to sell. Some 64% of respondents said it\u2019s a bad time to buy a home, while 77% said it\u2019s a good time to sell, according to a <strong>Fannie Mae<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanniemae.com\/research-and-insights\/surveys\/national-housing-survey\">survey<\/a>. Investors are likely to hold on to their assets longer if home prices and rental rates don\u2019t drop significantly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interest rates are projected to increase over the year, historically-low inventory and continuing low levels of new construction are expected to support home prices even while price growth slows. 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