#investor-ownership

#investor-ownership

Investors own roughly one in six of California's single-family residences. That's what my trusty spreadsheet found after reviewing a BatchData report that estimates investor ownership of houses and townhomes nationwide. Investors in this study include everything from giant companies controlling thousands of houses to folks with a small collection of rentals to short-term rental operators to people with a second home.

Investors now own 87,928 of Orange County's single-family houses, accounting for 16% of the market, according to recent data. Statewide, investors own 19%.