#california-housing-market

#california-housing-market

In 2025's first half, 36% of purchases statewide were made by investors up from 31% for all of 2024 and 16% at the recent low in 2020 as coronavirus was scrambling the economy. Or look at the change this way: Investors were tied to an average of 33% of all California homebuying in the past 18 months vs. 21% in 2015-23.

My trusty spreadsheet reviewed data from Cotality previously known as CoreLogic tracking the share of single-family home purchases made by people not occupying the property. My focus was on the average pace of the past 18 months last year and the first six months of 2025 and how those investment patterns compared to the previous nine years. What stands out: Seven of California's 10 most significant increases in investor share of homebuying were nowhere near the Pacific.

Chinese buyers accounted for $13.7 billion in US residential real estate purchases from April 2024 to March, marking an 83% increase from the previous year.