Survey respondents cited decrease mortgage rates, simpler entry to capital and indicators of stabilizing home prices as key drivers of improved sentiment. Seventy-one p.c of flippers mentioned they count on to buy extra properties in 2026 in contrast with final 12 months — the best share within the survey’s four-year historical past — whereas solely 10% count on to purchase fewer properties.
Forty-two p.c of flippers count on good gross sales circumstances over the subsequent six months, the best share since early 2022. Solely 9% anticipate poor gross sales, the bottom degree in two years. Throughout each U.S. area, flippers say they’re extra optimistic than pessimistic about their gross sales exercise over the subsequent six months.
Nonetheless, the information reveals a market beneath stress, with Kiavi noting that flipping exercise stays challenged as financial uncertainty, elevated charges and rising resale stock weigh on the demand for flipped properties.
Flipped dwelling gross sales fell to 37,000 within the fourth quarter throughout the 103 metro areas analyzed, down 9.2% 12 months over 12 months and the bottom degree since Q3 2015. Regardless of enhancing sentiment, margins stay tight. Greater than 40% of flippers reported rising seller concessions or slicing costs to shut offers.
Kiavi discovered that 16% of flippers reported much less competitors for offers than ordinary in This fall 2025, a decline from 19% within the prior quarter. Particularly, about 23% of flippers reported much less competitors for offers in Texas and Florida, the place rising stock has made pre-flip acquisitions “simpler.”
The corporate mentioned that it views extra competitors as an indication of a wholesome fix-and-flip market.
Nationally, flippers mentioned they’re prepared to pay a mean of 66% of the after-repair worth when buying a property, down barely from 67% a 12 months earlier. Forty-two p.c of respondents now look to pay 60% or much less of after-repair worth, up from 36% one 12 months in the past, signaling extra conservative mortgage underwriting for offers that don’t contain all cash.
Simply 14% of flippers mentioned they offered properties above their initially estimated after-repair worth, the bottom share within the survey’s historical past.
Entry to capital has modestly improved as 30% of respondents reported that capital was simpler to acquire within the fourth quarter in contrast with the third quarter, whereas 14% reported tighter circumstances.
Regionally, optimism was strongest within the Midwest and Southeast, the place bigger shares of buyers count on stronger gross sales circumstances within the coming months.
