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Home flipping volume falls to 5-year low as profit margins hit 2008 levels

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Home flipping activity slipped again in 2025 as investors completed 297,045 single-family home and condominium flips nationwide. That was the lowest annual total since 2020 and down 3.9% from 309,050 flips in 2024, according to ATTOM’s 2025 year-end U.S. Home Flipping Report. Flips made up 7.4% of all home sales in 2025, slightly below 7.6% […]

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Local investors outpace builders in delivering starter homes

Affordability, First-Time Homebuyers, Fix and Flip, Housing Inventory, Housing Market, HWmember, New Western, Real Estate Investing /

New Western released a new report examining the role of real estate investors in supplying entry-level housing. It found that small investors added far more homes in the starter-home price range than homebuilders in 2025. The company’s 2026 Flip Side Report on residential real estate investing trends said independent investors delivered 120,193 homes in the

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ROAD to Housing Act sparks debate over investor limits, housing supply

Affordability, build-for-rent, First-Time Homebuyers, Home Prices, Housing Inventory, HWmember, Institutional investors, Real Estate, Real Estate Investing, Rental Properties, Single-Family Rentals, Steve Murray /

When the Senate overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on Thursday, longtime real estate analyst Steve Murray zeroed in on a number at the center of the legislation: 350. That figure, under the bill, defines a “large institutional investor” — a category that triggers strict limits on single-family home purchases and imposes

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Logan Finance rolls out new product tier for high-balance non-QMs

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Logan Finance Corp. announced Monday that it has launched a new premium tier within its Open Road product series aimed at borrowers seeking higher loan amounts than those typically offered through conventional or standard non-QM programs. The new offering, called Open Road Elevated, provides loan amounts of up to $5 million across four programs designed

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Angel Oak’s Tom Hutchens on new growth path for non-QMs as rates ease

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When mortgage rates stayed higher for longer over the past few years, originators increasingly turned their attention to nonqualified mortgages (non-QMs). But that resurgence may not lose momentum even if rates decline in 2026. “We traditionally have seen nonagency volumes represent about 10% of the mortgage business. If you figure it’s $2 trillion a year

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Fix-and-flip investor sentiment climbs even as 2025 activity declines

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Investor sentiment in the fix-and-flip housing market improved at the end of 2025, even as overall transaction volume fell to its lowest level in a decade. That’s according to a recent survey conducted by Kiavi and John Burns Research & Consulting. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Burns + Kiavi Fix and Flip Market

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Kiavi closes $350M RTL securitization, nears $7B in total issuance

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Kiavi, a digital nonbank lender for residential real estate investors, announced Thursday that it closed a $350 million rated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs). The transaction marks Kiavi’s sixth rated securitization and 24th deal under its LHOME shelf, bringing its total offered notes to more than $6.8 billion since inception, the company said. The

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Investor share of U.S. home purchases holds at 30% in 2025

Investor share of U.S. home purchases holds at 30% in 2025

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Cotality reported Thursday that real estate investor activity in the U.S. single-family home market remained stable through 2025, accounting for 30% of all purchases, up slightly from 29% in 2024. Persistent housing unaffordability is keeping many owner-occupant buyers on the sidelines while fueling demand for rental properties, the report found. “Fewer first-time homebuyers mean more

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Newfi Lending expands DSCR program to accept crypto reserves

Cryptocurrency, Mortgage, Non-QM, Origination, Real Estate Investing, Underwriting /

Newfi Lending, a national mortgage lender focused on non-QM originations, announced Tuesday that it’s expanding its debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR) loan program to allow larger loan amounts, financing for rural properties and the use of qualifying cryptocurrency assets to meet reserve requirements without liquidation. The updates are aimed at real estate investors who hold digital assets

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Will banning institutional investors make homes more affordable?

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Housing professionals across the country raised their eyebrows earlier this week when President Donald Trump said he would look to stop large institutional investors from buying homes, citing increased affordability pressures on the typical American consumer. Cotality principal economist Thom Malone has long studied the impacts that real estate investors of all sizes have on

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