About r/RealEstate
In its own words:
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
Community guide
r/RealEstate (#440, about 2.5 million). 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 Collected rules: NO PROMOTION, MARKETING, SOLICITING, or ADVERTISING. No external links, no paywalls, or blog posts.; Be Civil / No Insults; No Politics (Unless Specifically Real Estate related) Sample ~7.5 ppd.
Fit
Topical discussion for r/RealEstate as constrained by the rules above.
Practical pointers
Live Reddit rules are authoritative; this page paraphrases collected titles only.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 11, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 764 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/grilling (#436) and ahead of r/Coffee (#447) in our ranking.
What sets r/RealEstate apart
Compared with other large communities, r/RealEstate leans heavily on text posts (80% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 34%).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/RealEstate grew from 2,517,696 to 2,523,827 subscribers (+6.1K, +0.24%). That is about 139 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/RealEstate this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 2, 2026).
- Update on “Landlord is selling the house and is interested in selling to us. Need advice.”u/browneye54 · Nov 1 · text post
- Landlord is selling the house and is interested in selling to us. Need advice.u/browneye54 · Oct 29 · text post
- Cannot fathom how to show our house while we are living in it???u/ShineImmediate7081 · Oct 26 · text post
- Which exterior upgrades are actually worth doing before selling?u/truecakesnake · Oct 30 · text post
- When did you know it was time to sell your current home?u/solidarity_sister · Oct 30 · text post
- Is it normal for a simple executive office lease to take this long?u/sippinonginaandjuice · Oct 28 · text post
- Assumable Loan Questionu/FarSlighted · Nov 1 · text post
- What are the best land acquisition firms for BESS?u/truecakesnake · Oct 31 · text post
- How much is a 3-car garage worth? [MN]u/misfitmpls · Nov 1 · text post
- How big of an area should you consider for "comparable" homes?u/SilverRocket14 · Oct 27 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/RealEstate, from 2023 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- An open letter to every poster asking why their house won’t sellu/KwehTheGreh · May 26, 2025 · text post
- Selling a house the "traditional" way is absurd.u/Eat-Clean-Food · Oct 9, 2024 · text post
- Housing crash is coming.u/Imaginary-Pin2564 · Aug 7, 2023 · text post
- Seller won’t leave the houseu/Therapist-7890 · Jun 12, 2025 · text post
- Seller asking to remove home flag..u/LinkLover1393 · Jan 6, 2026 · text post
- Toilet was voiding directly into crawl space for 2 years.u/definitelynotquid · Aug 27, 2023 · text post
- We walked on closing day!u/StrawberryFrapp · May 21, 2026 · text post
- Someone left an anonymous note on our door: "To The Family Who Lives In This House..."u/Sad_Opportunity_5840 · Sep 27, 2024 · text post
- Thoughts on the 50 year mortgage, from someone who did the mathu/guy_n_cognito_tu · Nov 11, 2025 · text post
- Seller's agent got mad at me for cutting off her lockbox but I'd asked her for 2 months to remove it. What is happeningOct 3, 2024 · text post
What r/RealEstate talks about
We read the titles of 44 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “home”, “house”, “selling”, “advice” and “property”. Other frequent themes are buying, market, sell, exterior, upgrades and actually. Recurring phrases include “exterior upgrades”, “actually worth”, “simple executive” and “executive office”. By format, 80% are text posts and 20% are links.
Popular post flairs: Homebuyer (5), Homeseller (4), Legal (2), Home Inspection (1), Closing Issues (1), Rental Property (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/RealEstate gets about 7.5 new posts a day. The public archive holds 374,514 posts and 5,321,575 comments in total, about 14.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (10 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (3). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/RealEstate
The moderators of r/RealEstate list 3 rules. In short:
- NO PROMOTION, MARKETING, SOLICITING, or ADVERTISING. No external links, no paywalls, or blog posts.
- Be Civil / No Insults
- No Politics (Unless Specifically Real Estate related)
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/RealEstate and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/RealEstate have?
r/RealEstate has 2,523,827 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #440 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,131 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/RealEstate created?
r/RealEstate was created on Jun 11, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/RealEstate still active?
Yes. r/RealEstate gets about 7.5 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 374,514 posts and 5,321,575 comments.
What is the best time to post in r/RealEstate?
Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 13:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/RealEstate?
The community describes itself as: “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” Recent post titles often mention home, house, selling, advice and property. Most posts are text posts (80%).
Is r/RealEstate SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/RealEstate as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/RealEstate?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/RealEstate accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “NO PROMOTION, MARKETING, SOLICITING, or ADVERTISING. No external links, no paywalls, or blog posts.”; “Be Civil / No Insults”; “No Politics (Unless Specifically Real Estate related)”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/RealEstate?
Communities with similar topics include r/realestateinvesting (2M), r/harrypotter (3.8M), r/pokemongo (5.7M), r/starterpacks (6.5M) and r/investing (3.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/RealEstate.