Little attention has been paid to the role of small investors in the U.S. housing market, but they make up to 60% of all investor purchases, according to a new analysis by CoreLogic.
In the top 20 MSAs, most investors are small (defined as owning less than 10 properties at the time of purchase) or medium (10 and 100 properties). Large (100-1000 properties) and mega (1000+ properties) make up a very small share of total purchases, the report stated. “There is no MSA where mega-investors make more than 5% of the purchases.”
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