Delegated underwriting and new borrower portal aim to speed closings, reduce friction, and expand access to credit without changing program rules
Tagged: single-family homes
Despite rising rents and wages, record-high home prices are compressing profitability for single-family rental investors across much of the country
Single-family rent growth slowed to near 15-year lows in late 2025, with declining rents in many major metros as rising vacancies and shifting demand gave renters greater pricing leverage
Large multifamily buildings have overtaken single-family homes as the largest share of U.S. rental housing, reflecting pandemic-era construction trends, constrained SFR supply, and a growing apartment overhang that is reshaping rental market dynamics
Trump’s new Executive Order aims to curb institutional buying in single-family housing, potentially reshaping inventory access and competition for owner-occupant borrowers
Single-family rent growth has slowed to its weakest pace in more than a decade, as persistent affordability challenges linger despite easing market pressures
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
Single-family rent growth has slowed, signaling easing rental pressure in many markets and potential shifts in borrower demand, underwriting assumptions, and purchase opportunities for mortgage originators
Rent growth has weakened in most large metros in August, continuing a slowing trend seen in the second half of 2025
Report finds three markets where institutional SFR selling is concentrated