Fewer Investors Are Buying Homes as the Housing Market Shifts (Again)

James: The housing market is sending mixed signals, and today’s headline show why the context behind the numbers matter. Foreclosures are rising, but remain well below historical norms. Buyers are gaining more choices in negotiating power and cash offers are losing some of the advantages they once had. Together, these stories point to a market that is slowly becoming more balanced, but still looking very different depending on where you are and what strategies you are pursuing. I’m James Dainard here with Kathy Fettke and Henry Washington to break down what these shifts mean for investors. This is On the Market. Let’s get into it. All right, Kathy, what do you got for us today? Kathy: Well, what I’ve got is what confuses people a lot. It’s a headline. And this is from Adam Data Solutions, and they just kind of gave it the facts, but then news articles all over just took it and ran with it. And that is that foreclosure starts rise 18% in the first half of 2026. So that sounds scary, right? And then it goes on to say a total of 227,000 properties with foreclosure filings. So again, very, very scary. And you might read that headline and think, oh my gosh, the housing market is crashin...