![]() ![]() ![]() Investors have long had a presence in the U.S. We focus our analysis on Forsyth County, North Carolina, though given how many housing markets are facing projected growth in rental prices (and thus exhibit profit-making potential for investors), this analysis can shed light on large investor activity in other housing markets across the country as well. In this blog post, we use purchasing behavior to distinguish large investors from small investors, shedding light on trends and spatial concentration of large investor activity over the last 20 years. As a result, existing metrics to assess investor activity in the housing market either lump all investors together, or use differing methods to identify investors, making cross-study comparisons difficult. These questions are difficult to answer, in part because existing data sources make it challenging to identify real estate investors, and even more difficult to distinguish between different kinds of investors. at higher rates than ever before? Or is this mostly perception, fueled by an ultra competitive housing market amidst a nationwide lack of housing? Are Wall Street hedge funds, private equity firms and other large investors really purchasing homes in the U.S. The concerns voiced by these real estate agents in the local housing market of Forsyth County, North Carolina (where Winston-Salem is located) mirrors a national conversation about the impact of investors in real estate. “ Hedge funds are essentially purchasing the homes that the middle class should be buying, and renting them back to them." - Another Winston-Salem real estate agent “ Wall Street is trying to buy most of the homes in the U.S.” - A real estate agent in Winston-Salem, North Carolina ![]()
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