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Real Estate Investors Account For 33% of Q2 2025 Home Purchases According to Q2 2025 Investor Pulse™ Report From BatchData
Real estate investors purchased 33% of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025, the highest percentage of investor purchases in the last five years according to the Q2 2025 Investor Pulse™Report from BatchData. The percentage of homes purchased by investors increased from just under 27% in the first quarter of 2025 and rose over seven points from the 25.7% of residential homes purchased by investors in 2024. Investors continue to own roughly 20% of the 86 mill
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