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Podcast: BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
Episode: The Biggest Homebuyer Discounts in Over 12 Years | Feb. 2026 Update
Description: Homebuyers are getting the biggest discounts on properties in over 12 years—and it’s only getting started.
At this point, nobody can refute that a full-on buyer’s market has arrived. Homes are selling below list price, buyers are waiting out the market, and sellers are getting increasingly desperate. All the while, mortgage rates are a full percentage point lower than a year ago, inventory is up, and mortgage payments are actually down.
This is it. The “shift” that investors and homebuyers have been waiting for.
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