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In order to better understand the impact of investor purchases on existing homebuyers, we have written a new report, “We Buy Houses”: You Lose Out. This report looks at the differences in price and ...

A new report from a Drexel University research lab finds that homeowners are often short-changed when they sell to wholesale investors like the people behind “We Buy Houses” billboards.

This is where a company advertising "we buy houses for cash" or that it buys homes "as is" could be worth looking into. However, this type of deal comes with a significant drawback. "If you sell ...

The company’s 1,100 “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchises will now be required to provide homeowners who sell to them with a simple disclosure. The disclosure provides a three-day window to ...

“I got into a panic. I had to do something or I would be homeless.” Then she came across an ad for We Buy Ugly Houses, the biggest and oldest player in the growing industry of ...

By comparison, selling your house to a “we buy houses” company is a much faster and easier alternative. These companies make all-cash offers on homes, often in as little as 24 hours.