Investor Home Purchases Hold Steady Despite Housing Market Slowdown

Small Investors Dominate Purchases as Market Holds Steady - The MortgagePoint

Investor purchases rose modestly in 2025 while mega-investors recorded their lowest share of acquisitions in more than a decade, according to the annual Realtor.com Investor Report.

Realtor.com report finds investors bought 534K homes in 2025

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%…

Investor Home Purchases Hold Steady Despite Housing Market Slowdown

As existing-home sales remained stuck near multi-decade lows in 2025, real estate investors continued buying at a steady pace, according to a new report from Realtor.com.The Realtor.com Investor Report found that investors accounted for 11.3% of all home purchases in 2025, up slightly from 11.0% in 2024. Roughly 534,000 homes were purchased by investors last year, a 0.7% increase from the prior year, even as non-investor home sales fell 2.1%.

Investor Activity in Home Purchasing Holds Steady

Investors were responsible for 11.3% of all home purchases during 2025, up from 11.0% in 2024, according to new data from Realtor.com