20 Metro Areas with the Most Flipped Homes

The art of house-flipping is on the rise thanks to the popularity of reality TV shows like HGTV’s Flip or Flop. If you’re handy with a toolbelt and don’t mind weeks of manual labor, you might be thinking, I can do that. Before you blow your life savings on buying that fixer-upper, though, it might help to know where people are flipping—and, more importantly, buying—homes in 2017. Thanks to a recent study by ATTOM Data Solutions, we’ve compiled a list of the top 20 US metro areas with the most flipped homes in Q2 of 2017 and listed them by county data, so you can plan your project accordingly.

  1. Phoenix, Arizona

County: Maricopa

Metro Area: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Number of Homes Flipped: 2,116

Average Flipping Profit: $54,787

  1. Los Angeles, California

County: Los Angeles

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    Metro Area: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

    Number of Homes Flipped: 1,404

    Average Flipping Profit: $135,000

    1. Las Vegas, Nevada

    County: Clark

    Metro Area: Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV

    Number of Homes Flipped: 1,207

    Average Flipping Profit: $55,600

    1. Chicago, Illinois

    County: Cook

    Metro Area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

    Number of Homes Flipped: 922

    Average Flipping Profit: $95,000

    1. Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    County: Broward

    Metro Area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

    Number of Homes Flipped: 863

    Average Flipping Profit: $75,000

    1. Miami, Florida

    County: Miami-Dade

    Metro Area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

    Number of Homes Flipped: 794

    Average Flipping Profit: $80,000

    1. Palm Beach, Florida

    County: Palm Beach

    Metro Area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

    Number of Homes Flipped: 681

    Average Flipping Profit: $69,200

    1. Tampa, Florida

    County: Pinellas

    Metro Area: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

    Number of Homes Flipped: 642

    Average Flipping Profit: $69,900

    1. Riverside, California

    County: Riverside

    Metro Area: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

    Number of Homes Flipped: 631

    Average Flipping Profit: $75,500

    1. San Diego, California

    County: San Diego

    Metro Area: San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

    Number of Homes Flipped: 604

    Average Flipping Profit: $85,000

    1. Clearwater, Florida

    County: Hillsborough

    Metro Area: Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

    Number of Homes Flipped: 604

    Average Flipping Profit: $60,000

    1. Ontario, California

    County: San Bernardino

    Metro Area: Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

    Number of Homes Flipped: 551

    Average Flipping Profit: $75,500

    1. Houston, Texas

    County: Harris

    Metro Area: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

    Number of Homes Flipped: 546

    Average Flipping Profit: $48,888

    1. Orlando, Florida

    County: Orange

    Metro Area: Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

    Number of Homes Flipped: 528

    Average Flipping Profit: $64,000

    1. St. Louis, Missouri

    County: Saint Louis

    Metro Area: St. Louis, MO-IL

    Number of Homes Flipped: 526

    Average Flipping Profit: $47,000

    1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    County: Philadelphia

    Metro Area: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

    Number of Homes Flipped: 521

    Average Flipping Profit: $78,046

    1. Dallas, Texas

    County: Dallas

    Metro Area: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

    Number of Homes Flipped: 505

    Average Flipping Profit: $59,133

    1. Memphis, Tennessee

    County: Shelby

    Metro Area: Memphis, TN-MS-AR

    Number of Homes Flipped: 487

    Average Flipping Profit: $41,500

    1. Arlington, Texas

    County: Tarrant

    Metro Area: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

    Number of Homes Flipped: 444

    Average Flipping Profit: $46,161

    1. Detroit, Michigan

    County: Wayne

    Metro Area: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

    Number of Homes Flipped: 442

    Average Flipping Profit: $37,500

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