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96 FAST GROWING MARKETS FOR HOME FLIPPING Home flipping is up, according to ATTOM Data Solutions—but profits are down. e 2019 U.S. Home Flipping Report found that 245,864 single-family homes and condos in the United States were flipped in 2019, up 2% from 2018 to the highest point since 2006. "Home-flipping profits across the U.S. dropped again in 2019 as the business of buying and selling houses absorbed its worst year since the housing market was mired in the fallout from the Great Recession. is happened as the cost of buying properties continued to rise faster than gains on resale," said Todd Teta, Chief Product Officer at ATTOM Data Solutions. "at's not to say that the home-flipping industry is tanking or losing its allure for investors because home flipping rates are higher than they've been in eight years. But profits did continue to decline again for investors." Here's which markets are seeing higher—and lower—flipping activity: Source: ATTOM Data Solution 2019 U.S. Home Flipping Report The Big Finish Wrap your head around the market's leading indicators. LARGEST ANNUAL INCREASES IN THE HOME FLIPPING RATE City Increase Laredo, Texas 1.035 Raleigh, North Carolina 0.598 Charlotte, North Carolina 0.441 Fort Smith, Arkansas 0.432 Columbus, Georgia 0.405 LOWEST ANNUAL INCREASES IN THE HOME FLIPPING RATE City Decrease Seattle -16.90% Indianapolis -9.10% Grand Rapids, Michigan -8.00% Rochester, New York -5.90% Baltimore -4.80% SEATTLE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK BALTIMORE GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS COLUMBUS, GEORGIA LAREDO, TEXAS INDIANAPOLIS CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

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