Investors, just like private buyers, think it’s a bad time to buy a home.

That’s according to data from real estate brokerage Redfin released Wednesday, which showed that investors bought 50,000 homes in the second quarter. That's the lowest for any second quarter in seven years, and down by nearly half from the second quarter of 2022. Investors accounted for just 15.6% of home sales in this year's second quarter, a drop from 19.7% a year earlier.

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As of July, 82% of consumers polled by mortgage giant Fannie Mae said it was a bad time to buy a house, tied for a record high in monthly survey data going back to 2010. According to Redfin’s data, investors—who are motivated by profit rather than the need for a place to live—feel the same.