How Seller Financing Held Its Ground in a Shifting Housing Market Each year, we analyze seller financing activity across the United States as part of our annual report series, published for over 15 years! The 2025 numbers are in — and they continue to show that owner financing remains a meaningful and consistent part of the market. Key Seller Financing Trends in … [Read more...] about Seller Financing 2025 Industry Report: A Resilient $29.5 Billion Market
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Seller Financing Held Strong in 2024
Following a year of growth, we continued to see strong owner financing numbers in 2024 with an 8% increase in dollar volume of created notes compared to last year. Let's dive into the numbers and see what other trends we saw. Insights on Owner Financing Trends Even as overall real estate activity cooled, the consistent creation of private notes underscores … [Read more...] about Seller Financing Held Strong in 2024
Creative Owner Financing Grew in 2023 – But, By How Much?
Seller Financing had a great 2023! We saw a 7.3% increase in the creation of owner financed notes and a 24% increase in dollar volume. Check out the owner financing stats for the past year and how that affected the note industry. Here are some numbers at a glance... What Led to the Increase in Creative Financing? 2023 saw a 7.3% increase in seller carried … [Read more...] about Creative Owner Financing Grew in 2023 – But, By How Much?
2017 Seller Financing Statistics and Insights
Seller financing statistics reveal dollar volume jumped 2% while the number of new seller-carried notes fell by 7.5% in 2017. Overall there were 89,779 first position owner financed notes, totaling $17.3 billion. This was an increase of 2% from last year's total of $16.97 billion. Down payments have increased continually the past 4 years. On commercial properties they … [Read more...] about 2017 Seller Financing Statistics and Insights
2016 Seller Financing Statistics and Insights
Seller financing statistics reveal new note creation fell by 8.3% in 2016. Overall there were 97,089 seller financed notes created in 2016 compared to 105,871 in 2015. The number of commercial and land secured notes dropped only slightly by 3% off 2015. The biggest change was seen in the single family residential (SFR or SFH) category of notes which fell 16% in 2016 from … [Read more...] about 2016 Seller Financing Statistics and Insights
