{"id":34,"date":"2026-10-12T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2026-10-12T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:00:00","slug":"the-best-u-s-cities-for-house-flipping-in-2026-ranked-by-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/12\/the-best-u-s-cities-for-house-flipping-in-2026-ranked-by-return\/","title":{"rendered":"The best U.S. cities for house flipping in 2026, ranked by return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who guides clients through Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and the surrounding Maryland markets, I\u2019m always tracking where house flipping delivers the strongest returns. Across the U.S., profits on home flips have tightened\u2014typical gross margins are now 25.4%, and the process averages 165 days due to higher purchase prices, steeper borrowing costs, and longer renovations. Yet, I\u2019ve noticed that cities featuring older, more affordable homes can still offer excellent opportunities, with margins ranging from 62% to 86%. For those interested in investment strategies, understanding where these higher-margin flips are happening can make all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/best-house-flipping-returns-us-cities-2026\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who guides clients through Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and the surrounding Maryland markets, I\u2019m always tracking where house flipping delivers the strongest returns. Across the U.S., profits on home flips have tightened\u2014typical gross margins are now 25.4%, and the process averages 165 days due to higher purchase prices, steeper borrowing costs, and longer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}