Sellers Are Capitulating

Sellers Are Capitulating

From Investing In Real Estate With Lex Levinrad by Lex Levinrad

October 28, 2025 · 32 min

About this episode

Lex Levinrad discusses the current changes in the real estate market, highlighting signs of capitulation and trends in foreclosures and property sales.

🎙️ The Investing in Real Estate Show Sellers Are Capitulating Hosted by Lex Levinrad Hey everyone, and welcome to the Investing in Real Estate Show. I'm your host, Lex Levinrad, and on today's episode, I want to talk about what's happening right now in the real estate market — because things are changing very rapidly. For the first time in a while, we're beginning to see signs of capitulation. Now, capitulation is a term that comes from the stock market. It describes the point when investors give up — when stocks have been falling and people finally throw in the towel and start selling. We're starting to see that same kind of behavior in certain areas of the real estate market today, and I expect we'll see even more of it in the months ahead. Year-over-year, foreclosures are up 17%, bank-owned properties are up 34%, and there's a noticeable increase in short sales, pre-foreclosures, and REO listings on the MLS. Many of my students are now finding deals on auction sites like Auction.com and Hubzu.com, and I believe that trend will continue throughout the next year or two. So, the big question is: Where are we in the cycle, and where might the market bottom out? Historically, the…

People in this episode

Host: Lex Levinrad

Topics covered

  • real estate market
  • capitulation
  • foreclosures
  • short sales
  • real estate cycle

Keywords

  • real estate
  • capitulation
  • foreclosures
  • bank-owned properties
  • short sales
  • pre-foreclosures
  • REO listings
  • real estate cycle

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Organizations: Auction.com, Hubzu.com

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