{"id":81042,"date":"2025-07-21T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/81042\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:26:09","slug":"19-of-california-houses-are-owned-by-investors-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/81042\/","title":{"rendered":"19% of California houses are owned by investors \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Relatively speaking, California is not a hot spot for housing investors.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a conclusion from my trusty spreadsheet\u2019s review of data on investor activity across the nation from <a href=\"https:\/\/batchdata.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BatchData, a small data tracker<\/a> that digs deeper into property records than many traditional real estate analysts.<\/p>\n<p>BatchData reviewed California ownership records to identify the state\u2019s owner-occupied residences compared to houses controlled by investors. This study included properties for short-term or long-term rentals, second homes, and vacation retreats but did not follow condos or build-to-rent single-family-home projects.<\/p>\n<p>By this math, 19% of California houses were owned by investors, ranking No. 36 among the states and just below the 20% national norm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2025\/07\/16\/where-in-california-do-investors-own-the-most-houses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By county, tiny Sierra has the most (83%) and Ventura the least (14%).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That 19% share is meek compared with where U.S. investors are most intensely busy \u2013 in states with small populations and tourism hooks. Those states include Hawaii at 40%, Alaska at 35%, Vermont at 31%, West Virginia at 30%, and Wyoming at 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, investors were most shy in the Northeast: Connecticut at 10%, Rhode Island and\u00a0 Massachusetts at 12%, and Delaware at 13%.<\/p>\n<p>And California\u2019s economic rivals were not much more popular to investors than the Golden State. Texas was No. 24 at 22% and Florida, No. 27 at 21%.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, due to its sheer size, California ranked No. 2 for the number of investment homes with 1.45 million, or 8% of all US investor-owned homes. Tops was Texas at 1.66 million. No. 3 was Florida at 1.21 million, then North Carolina at 787,055, and Michigan at 704,122.<\/p>\n<p>However, investors still grow their California portfolios. They added 143,747 houses since 2020, an 11% jump \u2013 by buying 358,092 houses while selling 214,345.<\/p>\n<p>Not so golden<\/p>\n<p>Why the low investor share for California?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s a big spot for renters. Census Bureau stats show 45% of households live in a place they don\u2019t own, the third-highest share of tenants nationally.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s also the sky-high price tag for single-family homes, the third-highest nationally at $866,100, according to Redfin. That stretches the budget for investors, too.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, typical returns have been skimpy. California\u2019s six-year price appreciation ranked No. 41 at 50%, according to one federal index.<\/p>\n<p>And underlying economics seem tepid.\u00a0California\u2019s flat population over five years ranked No. 47 and its five-year job growth at 3.8% was a middling No. 25.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2025\/07\/21\/19-of-california-houses-are-owned-by-investors\/mailto:jlansner@scng.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jlansner@scng.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: July 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Relatively speaking, California is not a hot spot for housing investors. 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