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zavvie Releases 2022 Seller Preferences Report

Home Agents
By RISMedia Staff
March 1, 2022
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zavvie Releases 2022 Seller Preferences Report

iBuyers registered a breakout year in 2021, by increasing revenue fivefold year-over-year according to a new report from zavvie.

Market conditions from October through December, along with record-low inventory, presented a challenge for iBuyers, whose value proposition is speed, certainty and convenience to home sellers.

“iBuyer skeptics would say, ‘who needs an instant offer from a tech company if you can sell your house on the open market faster than you ever thought possible for more money than you ever expected?’” said Stefan Peterson, zavvie chief data officer and co-founder and author of the zavvie Seller Preferences Report. “Yet iBuyers had a breakout year,” he added.

The report shows iBuyers purchased over 71,000 homes in 2021, approximately 1.3% national market share, compared with about 14,000 in 2020, when the pandemic temporarily paused iBuying—a 5x increase.

For Power Buyers, firms offering innovative solutions that dramatically increase a consumer’s homebuying power, market conditions were “perfect,” the report notes. Buy Before You Sell, Sale Leaseback and especially Cash Offer options for homebuyers catapulted the growth of Power Buyers and their accessibility to consumers.

According to the report, consumers gained an advantage when working with a Power Buyer versus using a traditional mortgage with a loan contingency. Buyers using a mortgage needed to make offers on seven houses before winning an offer. Using a Cash Offers program, homebuyers averaged just 1.1 submitted offers before successfully purchasing a home.

The zavvie report states, “Throughout 2021, Power Buyers experienced explosive growth and expansion. Ribbon reported demand for its Cash Offers increased 10x in 2021. EasyKnock, which already operates nationwide, more than doubled its business over the year. Knock continued its expansion from three markets at the end of 2019 to 71 markets in 2021. Homeward kicked off a 20-state expansion plan. Flyhomes launched a national expansion as ‘Flyhomes for Agents,’ rolling out in several states.”

Key findings:

  • iBuyers rebound, expand and establish long-term viability: Despite a major iBuyer exiting the market (Zillow), Opendoor, Offerpad, and RedfinNow all significantly increased their purchasing activity.
  • Power Buyers reach a broader range of properties than iBuyers: In Q4 2021, the median price for Power Buyer transactions came in at $485,000 versus $395,000 for iBuyers.
  • A giant leap in iBuyer median purchase price: Still, the median purchase price for iBuyers increased from $280,000 in Q4 2020 to $395,000 in Q4 2021, a 41% gain.
  • Power Buyers charge lower fees than iBuyers: iBuyer service fees increased slightly to 5.0%, less than what sellers often pay on the open market, while Power Buyer fees range from 0% to 3%.
  • iBuyer “buy boxes” stabilize, but a $2.5 million threshold comes to the market: iBuyer “buy boxes” (the targeted purchase price range, age and other conditions) were consistent with past quarters, but Opendoor launching in the San Francisco Bay area brings home purchases up to $2.5 million. Based on Q4 buy boxes, iBuyers collectively could purchase 47% of properties, up from 32% at the end of 2020.
  • Cash offers continue to drive Power Buyer growth: Many Power Buyers continue to report a 2x to 10x increase for cash offers in Q4 compared to Q4 2020.
  • iBuyer “prep and repairs” fees drop: Called a seller concession, they decreased in 2021 to an average of 3.1% from 3.6% in 2020.
  • Power Buyers and iBuyers both earned higher consumer satisfaction scores: On a 10-point scale, satisfaction among customers of Power Buyers and iBuyers both averaged 9 for 2021.

Read the entire report at zavvie.com/seller-preferences.

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