Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021
by mywittyname on Thursday February 17, 2022 @12:48PM
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Single family home are poor long term investments for institutions, outside of maybe California. Prices tend to follow inflation while property taxes and maintenance eat growth. States without income taxes tends to make up revenue through higher property taxes.
Because of these facts, I don't see this trend of investors gobbling up SFHs to be sustainable. I suspect most of them are in this for a quick buck, and will quickly dump these homes the minute it becomes obvious that this was a dumb idea.
Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021
by adam_arthur on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:33PM
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They buy them with leverage though. A 3% yearly return with 5x leverage is 15% a year
Basically, from a finance perspective:
Cost to borrow money (for an institutional investor) and buy a house with that money generates a return. Meaning they can buy these homes up all day long and make a profit.