{"id":2637,"date":"2021-11-11T11:11:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T11:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/11\/offerpad-says-its-cracking-the-ibuyer-code\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:39:33","slug":"offerpad-says-its-cracking-the-ibuyer-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/11\/offerpad-says-its-cracking-the-ibuyer-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Offerpad says it&#8217;s cracking the iBuyer code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/HW-offerpad.jpg\" alt=\"HW-offerpad\" class=\"wp-image-317310\"\/><figcaption>Offerpad founder and CEO Brian Bair<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When <strong>Zillow<\/strong> announced last week that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/02\/homes\/zillow-exit-ibuying-home-business\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shutting down its iBuying business<\/a> and was desperate to offload $3.8 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/5-takeaways-from-zillows-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unsold inventory<\/a>, the grave dancers appeared almost instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Zillow&#8217;s failure was not simply a matter of an algorithm gone haywire; it was an indictment of the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/ibuying-rebounds-in-q1-up-20-from-end-of-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">business model<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/these-ibuyers-are-coming-to-a-market-near-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economics<\/a> of iBuying don&#8217;t work at scale, not profitably anyway, the naysayers declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Bair, the founder and CEO of <strong>Offerpad<\/strong>, says that simply isn&#8217;t true. It can be done, he claims, and sustainable profits can be achieved so long as strong business fundamentals are in place \u2013 local industry expertise, robust technology, strong operational know-how, and adaptable-but-rigorous underwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think the news that came out was shocking to a lot of people,&#8221; Bair said on Wednesday&#8217;s third quarter earnings call, in which the iBuyer sold 1,673 homes across 21 markets, down from 2,025 in Q2. &#8220;What I keep saying \u2013\u00a0and I&#8217;ve tried to shout this from the rooftops for years \u2013\u00a0is that it comes down to execution and operations and logistics. This is as much a logistics business as much as it is a real estate technology company. 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