Realtor.com reports investors bought about 534,000 homes in 2025, up 0.7%, raising their share to 11.3% as non-investor buying fell 2.1%. Investor sales declined 1.5% to 442,000, widening net accumulation to 92,000.
Investor activity in the U.S. housing market remained resilient in 2025 even as overall home sales fell to one of their lowest levels in decades, according to a report released Tuesday by Realtor.com.
Investors purchased roughly 534,000 homes last year, a 0.7% increase from 2024, while their share of all home purchases rose to 11.3%, up from 11% the prior year, according to the report.
By comparison, home purchases by non-investors declined 2.1% year over year.
At the same time, investors sold fewer properties for the first time in two years. Investor sales fell 1.5% to 442,000 homes, the lowest level since 2020, suggesting that investors are no longer shedding properties accumulated during the pandemic-era housing boom.
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