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Gross Profits on Home Flips on the Rise 

Appraisal Buzz

Profits and profit margins rose slightly in 2024 on typical buy-renovate-and-resell projects, but margins remained at one of their low points over the past decades, as investors continued struggling to take advantage of the nations housing market boom. peak over the past decade in 2016. in 2023 to 7.6% in 2023, and from 29.4%

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Fix-and-flip activity was down in 2024, but profit margins grew slightly

Housing Wire

Despite the mild growth in ROI, profit margins for home flips remain far below their 2016 peak of 54.2%. So, they will have to do some very smart buying and quick renovating to keep the profit rebound going. The top market for FHA buyer activity was Merced, California, where 38.3%

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Home Flipping Continued to Decline in 2024

Appraisal Buzz

Profits and profit margins on flips increased slightly in 2024 on typical buy-renovate-and-resell projects, but remain near 10-year lows. The latest nationwide return on investment (before accounting for mortgage interest, property taxes, renovation expenses and other holding costs) was up from 28.6% peak over the past decade in 2016.

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Profit margins are up for home flips — but there’s a catch

Housing Wire

Attom measures the profit margin on home flips by subtracting the median purchase price from the median resale price, so costs related to renovations, mortgages and property taxes eat into the final margin. is down a whopping 26 percentage points compared to its peak in 2016. The typical margin of 30.4%

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Auctions see high owner-occupancy rates for foreclosed homes

Housing Wire

Among nearly 135,000 properties foreclosed between 2016 and 2020 that sold to third-party buyers at foreclosure auction on the Auction.com platform, more than half (54%) are owner-occupied as of 2022, according to public record county tax assessor data from ATTOM Data Solutions. The role of renovators. Net owner-occupancy rates.

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

Once the transfer of ownership occurs at foreclosure auction, a distressed property can be renovated and returned to the retail market as affordable housing for homeowners or renters. “[I My renovated homes are] reducing the number of rental properties , which in our town has become a source of demise.”

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Opinion: Pass the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

Housing Wire

The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act (Neighborhood Homes) would begin addressing these challenges by developing or renovating 125,000 affordable homes in economically distressed communities. This cost gap all-too-often prevents the renovation of affordable houses that need a great deal of work.

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