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HOME FLIPPING ACTIVITY AND PROFITS BOTH RISE ACROSS U.S. IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2024

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Flipping Rate Increases for Second Quarter in a Row While Profit Rebound Continues; Investment Returns Still Low but Reach 30 Percent Nationwide for First Time in Over a Year; Raw Flipping Profits Also Hit High Point Since 2022

IRVINE, Calif., June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property and real estate data, today released its first-quarter 2024 U.S. Home Flipping Report showing that 67,817 single-family homes and condominiums in the United States were flipped in the first quarter. Those transactions represented 8.7 percent, or one of every 12 home sales nationwide, during the months running from January through March of 2024.

The latest portion was up from 7.7 percent of all home sales in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2023 – the second straight quarterly gain. While the portion was still down from 9.8 percent in the first quarter of last year.

As flipping rates went up, fortunes kept improving for investors who buy and quickly resell homes. The latest data showed that home flippers typically earned a 30.2 percent gross profit nationwide before expenses on homes sold during the first quarter of this year, marking the third time in four quarters that margins increased following a six-year period of mostly uninterrupted declines.

The typical first-quarter profit margin – based on the difference between the median purchase and median resale price for home flips – remained about 25 percentage points below peaks hit in 2016. It also stayed withing a range that could easily be wiped out by carrying costs that include renovation expenses, mortgage payments and property taxes.

But it was up from both the fourth quarter of 2023 and from a low point over the past decade of about 25 percent in the first quarter of last year.

Gross profits on typical flips around the country, meanwhile, increased to $72,375. That remained down from a high of about $80,000 reached in 2022. But it was up from $65,000 in the fourth quarter of 2023 and was about $10,000 above last year’s low point.

“The latest numbers show that investors still face an uphill climb to clear significant profits after expenses,” said Rob Barber, CEO for ATTOM. They, like others, also face tenuous times amid a housing market boom that’s cooled down over the past year. But we now have a year’s worth of a trend showing that things have started to turn around for the flipping industry, with clear signs of increasing interest flowing into the market.”

The continued improvements in profits and profit margins over the past year reflect a rejuvenated pattern of investors benefitting from shifts in prices going in their favor between the time of purchase to resale.

In the first quarter of 2024, the typical nationwide resale price on flipped homes increased to $312,375, a 4.1 percent improvement over the fourth quarter of 2023. The increase outpaced the 2.1 percent rise in median prices that recent home flippers were commonly seeing when they were buying their properties. Similar gaps appeared annually as well, leading to the quarterly and yearly improvement in investment returns.

Home flipping rates turn upward in almost 80 percent of nation
Home flips as a portion of all home sales increased from the fourth quarter of 2023 to the first quarter of 2024 in 134 of the 173 metropolitan statistical areas around the U.S. with enough data to analyze (77.5 percent). Most of the declines were by less than two percentage points. (Metro areas were included if they had a population of 200,000 or more and at least 50 home flips in the first quarter of 2024 and sufficient data.)

Among those metros, the largest flipping rates during the first quarter of 2024 were in Warner Robins, GA (flips comprised 18.7 percent of all home sales); Macon, GA (17.1 percent); Fayetteville, NC (15.8 percent); Atlanta, GA (14.7 percent) and Memphis, TN (14.6 percent).

Q1 2024 U.S. Home Flipping Historical Trends

Aside from Atlanta and Memphis, the highest flipping rates among metro areas with a population of more than 1 million were in Columbus, OH (12.8 percent); Birmingham, AL (12.7 percent) and Kansas City, MO (12.1 percent).

The smallest home-flipping rates among metro areas analyzed in the first quarter were in Honolulu, HI (3.7 percent); Oxnard, CA (5.3 percent); Naples, FL (5.4 percent); Des Moines, IA (5.5 percent) and Seattle, WA (5.5 percent).

Typical home flipping returns rise in slightly more than half of U.S.
The median $312,375 resale price of homes flipped nationwide in the first quarter of 2024 generated a gross profit of $72,375 above the median investor purchase price of $240,000. That resulted in a typical 30.2 percent profit margin in the first quarter of 2024, up from 27.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023 and 25.3 percent in the first quarter of last year. But the latest nationwide figure still remained far beneath the 56.3 percent level in mid-2016 and from a more recent peak of 48.8 in 2020.

Profit margins went up from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year in 89 of the 173 metro areas analyzed (51.4 percent) and were up annually in 111 of those markets, or 64.2 percent.

The biggest year-over-year increases in the typical profit margins during the first quarter came in Reading, PA (ROI up from 56.7 percent in the first quarter of 2023 to 124.9 percent in the first quarter of 2024); Trenton, NJ (up from 22.7 percent to 64.2 percent); Harrisburg, PA (up from 73.6 percent to 113.6 percent); Lynchburg, VA (up from 49 percent to 87.5 percent) and Columbus, GA (up from 41.8 percent to 80.1 percent).

Markets with the largest returns on investment for typical home flips completed during the first quarter of 2024 were concentrated in lower-priced areas of the Northeast, led by Buffalo, NY (127.8 percent return); Reading, PA (124.9 percent); Pittsburgh, PA (120.6 percent); Scranton, PA (115.7 percent) and Harrisburg, PA (113.6 percent).

Metro areas with a population of at least 1 million and the weakest returns on typical home flips in the first quarter of 2024 were Austin, TX (0.3 percent); Honolulu, HI (1.7 percent); San Antonio, TX (2 percent); Dallas, TX (5.3 percent) and Houston, TX (8.4 percent)

Q1 2024 Home Flipping Profit Trends Historical Chart

Investors earn highest raw profits in more expensive areas of West, South and Northeast
The largest raw profits on median-priced home flips in the first quarter of 2024, measured in dollars, were concentrated in areas of the West, South and Northeast regions where resale prices mostly topped $400,000. Fifteen of the top 20 fell into that category, led by San Jose, CA (typical gross profit of $297,500 on a median resale value of $1.6 million); San Francisco, CA ($280,000 profit on a median resale value of $1.1 million); San Diego, CA ($190,750 profit on a median resale value of $926,500); Bridgeport, CT, ($175,000 profit on a median resale value of $500,000 million) and Oxnard, CA ($162,000 profit on a median resale value of $929,500).

The South also dominated the opposite end of the range, with 16 of the 20 worst raw profits on median-priced transactions during the first quarter, although resale price ranges were mixed. The weakest numbers were in Jackson, MS ($3,873 loss on a median resale value of $185,560); Killeen, TX ($1,209 loss on a median resale value of $208,750); Austin, TX ($1,178 profit on a median resale value of $427,725); San Antonio, TX ($5,144 profit on a median resale value of $258,259) and Honolulu HI ($10,092 profit on a median resale value of $597,567).

All-cash investing by home flippers holds steady
Nationwide, 63.8 percent of homes flipped in the first quarter of 2024 had been purchased by investors with cash. That was virtually the same as the 63.7 percent level in the fourth quarter of 2023, although still down from 65.4 percent portion in the first quarter of 2023. Meanwhile, 36.2 percent of homes flipped in the first quarter of 2024 had been bought with financing. That was down slightly from 36.3 percent in the prior quarter, but still up from 34.6 percent a year earlier.

Among metropolitan areas with a population of 1 million or more and sufficient data to analyze, those with the highest percentage of homes flipped in the first quarter of 2024 that had been purchased with cash were in Buffalo, NY (82.2 percent); Detroit, MI (77.3 percent); Cleveland, OH (74.8 percent); Birmingham, AL (73.1 percent) and Pittsburgh, PA (73 percent).

Average time to flip nationwide rises but remains down from a year ago
The average time it took from purchase to resale on home flips increased to 164 days in the first quarter of 2024. That was up from 156 in the fourth quarter of 2023, but still down from 178 days in the first quarter of 2023.

Q1 2024 U.S. Avg Days to Flip Historical Chart 

Investor resales to FHA buyers increase
Of the 67,817 U.S. homes flipped in the first quarter of 2024, 11.2 percent were sold to buyers using loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), marking the second straight quarterly increase. The latest portion was up from 10.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023 and from 10.7 percent in the first quarter of 2023.

Among metro areas with a population of 200,000 or more and at least 50 home flips in the first quarter of 2024, those with the highest percentages of flipped properties sold to FHA buyers — typically first-time home purchasers — were in Scranton, PA (27.1 percent); Bakersfield, CA (26.8 percent); Visalia, CA (26.8 percent); Yuma, AZ (25.9 percent) and Flint, MI (25.8 percent).

One-third of counties have home-flipping rates of at least 10 percent
Home flips accounted for at least 10 percent of all home sales in 284, or 31.5 percent, of the 902 counties around the U.S. with at least 10 flips in the first quarter of 2024. That was well above the 22.7 percent of all counties with enough data to measure in the fourth quarter of 2023. The leaders in the first quarter of this year were Cobb County (Marietta), GA (23.5 percent); Hickman County, TN (outside Nashville) (20.3 percent); Houston County (Warner Robins), GA (20.1 percent); Clayton County, GA (outside Atlanta) (19.6 percent) and Douglas County, GA (outside Atlanta) (19.5 percent).

Report methodology
ATTOM analyzed sales deed data for this report. A single-family home or condo flip was any arms-length transaction that occurred in the quarter where a previous arms-length transaction on the same property had occurred within the last 12 months. The average gross flipping profit is the difference between the purchase price and the flipped price (not including rehab costs and other expenses incurred, which flipping veterans estimate typically run between 20 percent and 33 percent of the property’s after-repair value). Gross flipping return on investment was calculated by dividing the gross flipping profit by the original purchase price.

About ATTOM
ATTOM provides premium property data to power products that improve transparency, innovation, efficiency, and disruption in a data-driven economy. ATTOM multi-sources property tax, deed, mortgage, foreclosure, environmental risk, natural hazard, and neighborhood data for more than 155 million U.S. residential and commercial properties covering 99 percent of the nation’s population. A rigorous data management process involving more than 20 steps validates, standardizes, and enhances the real estate data collected by ATTOM, assigning each property record with a persistent, unique ID — the ATTOM ID. The 30TB ATTOM Data Warehouse fuels innovation in many industries including mortgage, real estate, insurance, marketing, government and more through flexible data delivery solutions that include ATTOM Cloud, bulk file licenses, property data APIs, real estate market trends, property navigator and more. Also, introducing our newest innovative solution, making property data more readily accessible and optimized for AI applications– AI-Ready Solutions. 

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DeepL unveils industry-first Glossary Generator to solve business communication and brand consistency challenges

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Enhanced DeepL glossary functionality – including new glossary generator, expanded language support and more – will boost global business translations, saving time, effort, and costs

COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — DeepL, a leading global Language AI company, today announced several updates to its glossary feature, which is a powerful tool that enhances translation consistency and accuracy by enabling professionals and companies to personalize translations for specific terms. The tool now offers the industry’s first smart glossary generator, which helps simplify and speed up the process of creating glossaries for translations. Glossary is also available in several new languages and within DeepL’s browser extensions and integrations, fitting seamlessly into existing workflows to offer an even more accessible and smooth user experience across the web and applications like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.

“AI-powered translations are essential for businesses looking to overcome language barriers in today’s increasingly connected world, and DeepL’s powerful glossary tool takes this a step further by ensuring translations are personalized to a company’s unique phrases and needs,” said Christopher Osborne, VP of Product, DeepL. “We’re always looking for ways to improve the DeepL experience and drive even more value and ROI for 100,000+ customers worldwide, and these new capabilities make our glossary even more efficient, accessible and user-friendly – empowering teams to achieve the customization and consistency they are looking for, while minimising time spent on costly alternatives like manual translations or find-and-replace tools.”

For global businesses aiming to drive revenue growth, investing in brand consistency across all communications and languages is essential to ensure that every message—whether technical terminology, product names, or branded terms—resonates clearly with teams, customers, and markets worldwide. Consistent branding has been proven to increase revenue by 20% or more[1] and enhance visibility by 3 to 4 times[2] – however, maintaining this consistency can be expensive and complex. DeepL’s glossary tool simplifies this process, helping businesses and professionals easily create and scale high-quality, consistent multilingual communications across teams. With glossary, companies can create and manage custom translation glossaries to ensure that specific words or phrases are translated consistently according to their unique terminology.

DeepL’s glossary now offers the following expanded capabilities:

The industry’s first smart, AI-powered glossary generator: DeepL’s new glossary generator is a first-of-its-kind tool enabling teams to create custom translation glossaries with a simple file upload. Previously translated files can be leveraged to generate entries for personalized DeepL glossaries, reducing the need for manual work and significantly enhancing efficiency, enabling teams to facilitate more consistent communication at scale.Expanded glossary language functionality: Glossary now supports Korean, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Romanian translations, bringing the total number of languages to 16. This allows for more precise and nuanced translations across a wider range of linguistic contexts, helping businesses reach a broader audience.More convenient access across DeepL platforms: Users are now able to access and apply the glossary directly within the DeepL browser extensions for Chrome and Edge, enabling consistent translations across the web, including Google Workspace applications. Furthermore, the glossary can now also be applied directly within DeepL for Microsoft 365 integrations, including Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Additionally, the glossary can be accessed through DeepL’s web browser, desktop apps, and API.

Unlike other find-and-replace tools, DeepL’s glossary excels with its advanced contextual understanding and ability to process complex grammatical elements—such as case, gender, and tense—to deliver nuanced, natural-sounding translations. This results in substantial productivity gains, largely due to the time saved in post-editing. Blind tests with language experts show that DeepL reduces post-editing time by 30% compared to Google Translate and 20% compared to Chat GPT-4. Furthermore, DeepL requires significantly fewer edits, with Google Translate and Chat GPT-4 needing two to three times as many feedback rounds.

Glossary with DeepL Pro also offers enhanced data security, including proprietary data centers, the highest level of certification and compliance standards (ISO 27001 certification, GDPR/SOC 2 type 2 compliance), data encryption, and a commitment to never using Pro customer data to train models.

DeepL’s glossary generator is now available to Pro Advanced and Ultimate subscribers with support for TMX/DOCX/PDF files. It is initially available for glossaries in German, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, French, and Russian (to and from English), with more languages coming soon.

Learn more about DeepL Pro and try out glossary yourself here.

About DeepL

DeepL is on a mission to break down language barriers for businesses everywhere. Over 100,000 businesses and governments and millions of individuals in 228 global markets trust DeepL’s Language AI platform for human-like translation and better writing. Designed with enterprise security in mind, companies around the world leverage DeepL’s AI solutions that are specifically tuned for language to transform business communications, expand markets, and improve productivity. Founded in 2017 by CEO Jaroslaw (Jarek) Kutylowski, DeepL today has over 900 passionate employees and is supported by world-renowned investors including Benchmark, IVP, and Index Ventures.

[1] Marq, “2021 Brand Consistency Report”
[2] Demand Metric x Lucid Press, “Impact of Brand Consistency” Report, 2016

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Agoda: Chinese Travelers Post a 137% Increase in International Searches for Upcoming Golden Week

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SINGAPORE, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Digital travel platform Agoda has revealed a 137% year-over-year increase in international accommodation searches from China for the upcoming Golden Week. China’s second Golden Week of the year takes place from 1 to 7 October.

Agoda’s accommodation search data reveals a shift in Chinese travelers’ preferences for Golden Week. Last year, the top five outbound destinations were Tokyo, Seoul, Osaka, Kyoto, and Bangkok, respectively. This year, Seoul has emerged as the number one destination, leapfrogging Tokyo. Bali is a new entry in the top five and takes third place. Bangkok and Osaka continue to be among the most searched destinations and complete the ranking in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Taking place from 1 – 7 October this year, Golden Week is a prime travel period for Chinese families looking to take advantage of the week-long break. Golden Weeks are celebrated twice a year in China, around Lunar New Year and China’s National Day.

Top Outbound Destinations for Golden
Week 2024

(Based on Agoda’s accommodation search data)

      1. Seoul, South Korea

      2. Tokyo, Japan

      3. Bali, Indonesia

      4. Bangkok, Thailand

      5. Osaka, Japan

Andrew Smith, Senior Vice President, Supply at Agoda said, “The increase in outbound travel searches for China’s Golden Week suggests a growing confidence among Chinese citizens to explore international travel. It’s great to see destinations close to China’s east coast like Seoul and Osaka featured in the rank, as well as holiday favorites Bangkok and Bali further south.  With the unique advantage of its ‘Asia hotels’ network, Agoda is committed to helping Chinese customers to experience the rest of Asia for less with its great value deals.”

Agoda continues to support travelers by offering over 4.5 million holiday properties globally, more than 130,000 flight routes, and over 300,000 activities, all of which can be conveniently combined in the same booking. For more information on travel options during China’s Golden Week, visit agoda.com or download the Agoda app.

About Agoda

Agoda, a digital travel platform, helps anyone see the world for less with its great value deals on a global network of 4.5M hotels and holiday properties worldwide, plus flights, activities, and more. Agoda.com and the Agoda mobile app are available in 39 languages and supported by 24/7 customer support.

Headquartered in Singapore, Agoda is part of Booking Holdings (Nasdaq: BKNG) and employs more than 6,900 staff in 25 markets, dedicated to leveraging best-in-class technology to make travel even easier.

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AECOM supports the Highways Department in winning the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Awards for innovative road safety technology

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HONG KONG, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that a Road Defect Detection System (RDDS) technology it has developed in partnership with the Highways Department of HKSAR Government (HyD) has secured two prestigious awards from the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS). This RDDS project, under part of the award-winning topic “Sustainability Strategy in Road and Tree Inspection by Advanced Geo-spatial Technology,” integrates advanced geographic information system (GIS) and artificial intelligence technologies to automatically detect road defects. The new technology aims to streamline the road inspection process, improving maintenance efficiency, effectively allocating resources and helping ensure public safety.

“AECOM is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that meet our clients’ specific needs and address their complex challenges. From deploying the world’s largest tunnel boring machine for the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link project to integrating GeoAI in our Road Defect Detection System, we harness emerging technologies to support the Highways Department in delivering landmark projects that span tunnels, bridges, highways, and now digital solutions,” said Ian Chung, chief executive of AECOM’s Asia region.

The jointly developed RDDS technology responds to the pressing need to effectively survey Hong Kong’s vast and complex road network. To provide a superior alternative to traditional inspection methods, the AECOM and HyD teams developed an approach that automatically detects defects from road images captured by a vehicle-based camera system.

Integrating the two organizations’ geospatial expertise, the technology uses AI to identify cracks and discolored road markings from road images, which can then be viewed on a web application platform that integrates data such as quantity, location, and severity for engineers to review and assess. The multi-step system simplifies the inspection process and allows for more efficient resource allocation — bringing greater efficiency to HyD’s road maintenance work and supporting a safer road network.

The HKIS honored the technology with the Innovative Surveying Award, which commends industry participants for outstanding project quality in innovative surveying technology, and the Post-occupation Category Grand Award, which recognizes the surveyors’ efforts in enhancing work efficiency and precision through innovative technology at post-occupation stage.

The HKIS Awards aim to recognize the outstanding achievements of Hong Kong surveyors. The awards align with the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations, affirming surveyors’ exceptional accomplishments in sustainable development projects and their contributions to improving environmental outcomes and promoting a sustainable future for Hong Kong.

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About AECOM 

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of US$14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at www.aecom.com/hk/.

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