Investors own 213,153 single-family houses in Los Angeles County \u2013 or 15% of the market.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a highlight of my trusty spreadsheet\u2019s review of first-quarter investor stats from BatchData, which studied ownership of 1.43 million houses countywide. Statewide, investors own 19% of all houses<\/a>. Nationally, the share is 20%<\/a>.<\/p>\n BatchData<\/a>, a small data tracker that digs deep into property records<\/a>, reviewed homeownership in order to identify owner-occupied residences compared with those owned by investors.\u00a0The study includes properties used for short-term or long-term rentals, second homes and vacation retreats. It does not track condos, build-to-rent single-family home projects, or multi-unit properties.<\/p>\n Investors in Los Angeles County bought 2,895 houses in 2025\u2019s first quarter while selling 1,629 houses.<\/p>\n That means investors increased their total ownership by 1,266 houses in the past year. That\u2019s also 10% more net additions than 2024\u2019s first quarter.<\/p>\n Contrast that with the overall sales pace of all single-family houses in the county. It was up 5% in the same 12-month period, according to data from Attom.<\/p>\n For all of 2024, Los Angeles County investors added 5,345 houses \u2013 buying 11,905 while selling 6,560.<\/p>\n Compared to the pace between 2020 and 2023, that\u2019s 30% more net additions.\u00a0Sales of all single-family houses shrank 19% in the same 12-month period, Attom says.<\/p>\n It adds up to a 3% increase in the investor stake in Los Angeles County houses in the 15 months ended in March.<\/p>\n By the way, BatchData found that most California investors are \u201cmom and pop\u201d types, as 91% of investment houses are owned by folks with five or fewer properties.<\/p>\n PS:<\/strong> See data for all California counties at bit.ly\/calinvest<\/a><\/p>\n