Investors Are Buying a Record Share of Homes in 2022

Abstract

2021 investor house purchases surged 64% over 2020 when the COVID-19 outbreak hurt investor activity. While investor purchases were down in January and February, they were up 31% in April and 64% over the same period in 2019, while total sales were down 8% and up just 7%. Investors' percentage in house purchases is near record highs. Larger Investors Grew Their Share of Purchases in 2021 to 35% Despite the fact that smaller investors continue to acquire the highest proportion of properties among the group of investors we've found, bigger investors have overtaken smaller investors in terms of activity increase over the past year. While investor purchasing surpassed selling in March and April, investor selling is up 24 percent from April 2018 and 28 percent from April 2019. Larger investors raised their purchases more than medium or smaller investors in the South and West. The median investor purchase price was $295,000 in April, 15% less than the median selling price overall and 10% less than the median investor house sold. Metro Average Investor Purchase Shares and Change in Shares Not all major investor markets showed increased interest in the last year.