How To Buy Houses in 2025

How To Buy Houses in 2025

From Investing In Real Estate With Lex Levinrad by Lex Levinrad

April 17, 2025 · 43 min

About this episode

Lex Levinrad discusses how to buy houses in 2025 and the current state of the real estate market.

On today's podcast episode I talk about how to buy houses in 2025 and what to look out for as an investor when buying in today's market. The past 3 years have been an interesting time for real estate investors - especially in Florida. We have seen interest rates move up from a low of 2.65% in 2022 to above 7% by October 2023. This rapid increase in interest rates which was orchestrated by the Fed to reduce inflation had a very sobering effect on the real estate market. Prices peaked around July 2022 and have been on a gradual decline ever since. Over the past year, the market has shifted from a seller's market where it was easy to sell, to a buyer's market where buyers can be very selective. Sellers have been slashing prices on properties listed on the MLS and inventory has been rapidly increasing in many areas. In some areas like Southwest Florida, in some cities the number of listings on the MLS has quadrupled over the past few years. Some of the notable changes that have occured over the past few years are: Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and iBuyers stopped buying houses. These same hedge funds and private equity funds are now selling houses. Builders have had to slash…

People in this episode

Host: Lex Levinrad

Topics covered

  • real estate investing
  • market trends
  • interest rates
  • buyer's market
  • property prices

Keywords

  • buy houses
  • real estate
  • investing
  • interest rates
  • Florida market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, iBuyers, Banks, mortgage lenders

Places: Florida

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