Cash Buyers Win Big in Housing Slump
One in 172 homes in Lakeland is in foreclosure, making it the foreclosure capital—and a goldmine for investors seeking deep discounts.
In California, listings jumped 51% year-over-year, shifting power to buyers and opening doors for cash investors to negotiate big bargains.
Meanwhile, equity-rich ZIPs in states like Florida and Colorado saw equity dip, multifamily markets face oversupply, home sales hit lows, and Airbnb listings flood markets—creating a perfect storm of distressed deals for those ready to act.
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This Florida Metro is the Foreclosure Capital of the US — Here’s What is Behind the Crisis
One out of every 172 housing units in the state’s Lakeland region had foreclosure filings.A number of factors may be contributing to this figure — including a population influx — but one common theme experts pointed to was the price of home insurance.
California Inventory of Homes for Sale Suddenly Piles Up: +51% Year-over-Year
The current market of available houses is broken and frozen nationwide, with a generational multi-year plunge in sales volume. Why? Because prices are far too high after the price explosion since 2020, and those too-high prices have triggered demand destruction.
Top 10 Equity-Rich ZIPs in Q1 2025
The biggest annual decreases in equity-rich homes were in Florida (down from 54.4% in the first quarter of 2024 to 49.3%in the first quarter of 2025), Utah (down from 54 to 50.7%), Arizona (down from 52.9 to 49.8%), Washington (down from 54.2 to 51.3%), and Colorado (down from 48.4 to 45.8%).
Housing Bubble & Bust #1 and #2 as Seen through Employment at Mortgage Lenders
Sales of existing homes in 2024 plunged by 24% compared to 2019, and by 34% compared to 2021, to 4.06 million homes, the lowest since 1995, below even the worst years during the Housing Bust.
The Biggest Issue in Multifamily Today? Excess Supply, Says Legacy Partners CFO
Despite high construction costs and interest rates, increasing inflation and pockets of oversupply, the U.S. multifamily sector has shown resilience, according to Legacy Partners CFO Robert Calleja.
Galveston May be the Region’s Biggest Buyer’s Market as a Wave of Airbnbs Floods Listings
Galveston had 4,974 registered short-term vacation homes in 2023-a 78% increase from 2022.But many investors weren’t prepared for seasonal tourism patterns, where bookings surge on weekends, around festivals and holidays but dip midweek or in the off-season.
