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September 29, 2025

Profit margin on flipping a home is at a 17-year low

  • Rising home prices are driving up acquisition costs, making flipping less profitable.
    • By ALEX VEIGA
    AP Business Writer

    LOS ANGELES — It pays less and less to buy and flip a home these days.

    From April through June, the typical home flipped by an investor resulted in a 25.1% return on investment, before expenses. That's the lowest profit margin for such transactions since 2008, according to an analysis by Attom, a real estate data company.


     
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