Real estate investors enter 2026 with cautious optimism as improving market fundamentals lift sentiment, even as high financing and insurance costs continue to limit deal activity
Home investors accounted for 34% of U.S. home purchases in Q3 2025, marking the highest share in five years, even as overall transaction volumes declined, driven largely by small-scale buyers
Driven primarily by a spike in labor costs, Verisk examines home repair and remodeling expenses, expenditures that have risen nearly 67% since 2015 and show no signs of reversing
Investor Sentiment Index records lowest reading since its debut in 2023