r/RealEstate

HomeOwners & Investors

real estate investing landlords landlord borrowing lending mortgages foreclosure loan houses house apartment financing loans buying a house foreclosures foreclosure forbearance home buying homebuying first time homebuyer

Members: 2,522,047
Created: 2008
Posts a day: 3
Avg comments, top posts this week: 121

r/RealEstate is a Reddit community with 2,522,047 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 3 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 19 and an average of 121 comments each. House, open and home are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 20:00 UTC, and most often on a Saturday.

Only approved members can post in r/RealEstate.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

168Sellers realtor wants an additional 1.5% if buyer is unrepresented… is this a normal practice, why would I agree?630 comments · October 3, 2026
122The dream house at the right price… with one catch: an in-ground pool. Would you buy it?560 comments · October 10, 2026
213Where are people getting this much cash?413 comments · September 29, 2026
55Would you buy a one-bathroom home?257 comments · September 29, 2026
71Buyer wants $10k after sewer scope — is this a reasonable defect/repair request?247 comments · October 10, 2026
55Would you consider living literally next door to 2 schools?226 comments · October 17, 2026

Common words in titles

house 7
open 5
home 4
houses 4
inspection 4
buyer 3
price 3
realtor 3
advice 2
asking 2
buy 2
buying 2

Best time to post

20:00 UTC · 3 top posts
00:00 UTC · 3 top posts
22:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Saturday · 6 top posts
Friday · 6 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

NO PROMOTION, MARKETING, SOLICITING, ADVERTISING or AMAs. No external links, no paywalls, or blogs.
NO INVESTOR RECRUITMENT, NO LEAD GENERATION, OR MARKET RESEARCH.
Be Civil / No Insults
NO AI Generated Posts / Comments
No Politics (Unless Specifically Real Estate related)

How to post in r/RealEstate without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/RealEstate member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/RealEstate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/",
    "name": "RealEstate",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "HomeOwners & Investors",
    "createdAt": "2008-06-11T09:41:34.000Z",
    "description": "real estate\ninvesting\nlandlords\nlandlord\nborrowing\nlending\nmortgages\nforeclosure\nloan\nhouses\nhouse\napartment\nfinancing\nloans\nbuying a house\nforeclosures\nforeclosure\nforbearance\nhome buying\nhomebuying\nfirst time homebuyer",
    "subscribers": 2522047
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/RealEstate

How many members does r/RealEstate have?

r/RealEstate had 2,522,047 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/RealEstate?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 3 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 121 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/RealEstate?

This month's top posts in r/RealEstate went up most often around 20:00 UTC, and most often on a Saturday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/RealEstate data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/RealEstate for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/RealEstate/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.