Articles from HomeVestors of America, Inc.

A quaint 1923 home in Fox Lake near Chicago that had languished on the market has won the title of The Ugliest House Of The Year® for 2024 from HomeVestors of America, Inc., the We Buy Ugly Houses® people. The national contest highlights the most dramatic “befores” and “afters” from the houses purchased and renovated in 2024 by the company’s independently owned and operated franchises around the country. Tara Farnsworth and Bob Albrecht of Antioch, Ill. are this year’s winners of the 18th annual heated competition.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · January 13, 2025

A charming 1890s farmhouse in Williamsburg, Va. has won the title of The Ugliest House Of The Year® for 2023 from HomeVestors of America, Inc., the We Buy Ugly Houses® people. Highlighting the most dramatic “befores” and “afters” from the houses purchased and then renovated by the company’s independently owned and operated franchises in 2023, Virginia franchisee Daniel Nice was selected as the winner of this year’s 17th annual contest. Nice served in the U.S. Army for nine years before joining HomeVestors in 2020. As a result of his win, Nice’s local Habitat for Humanity chapter, Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg, will receive a $20,000 donation from HomeVestors.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · February 13, 2024

HomeVestors®, the We Buy Ugly Houses® company, has named a Hollywood, Florida home makeover as The Ugliest House Of The Year® for 2022 after a national vote in its annual contest involving more than 30 major home renovations. Highlighting the most incredible “befores” and “afters” from the thousands of houses the company’s independently owned and operated franchises purchased in 2022, this year’s winner is a home in Hollywood renovated by franchisee Don Cameron and will include a donation of $20,000 to his local Habitat for Humanity.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · February 8, 2023

HomeVestors of America, Inc., America’s number one homebuyer and the “We Buy Ugly Houses®” company, today filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to protect its intellectual property rights in HomeVestors’ The Ugliest House Of The Year® mark.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · December 12, 2022

HomeVestors®, the original “We Buy Ugly Houses®” company, has named a dramatic Orlando home makeover as The Ugliest House Of The Year® 2021 after a tight national vote. Highlighting the most incredible “befores” and “afters” from the nearly 10,000 houses the company’s independently owned and operated franchises purchased in 2021, this year’s winner came courtesy of Bernardo Mazzucco, and includes a donation of $20,000 from HomeVestors of America, Inc. to his local Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando and Osceola County.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · January 11, 2022

HomeVestors®, the original “We Buy Ugly Houses®” company, is once again asking America to vote for The Ugliest House Of The Year®, highlighting the most incredible makeovers from nearly 10,000 houses purchased in 2021. The polls are open this week on the We Buy Ugly Houses Facebook page, where the house makeover candidate with the highest number of comments and shares will be declared the winner of the coveted crown. This year, a donation of $50 per voter comment and $30 per voter share (up to $20,000) will also be donated to the winner’s local Habitat for Humanity, with voting ending Monday, December 13 at 11:59pm CST.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · December 8, 2021

Continuing a 25-year streak, the original and only We Buy Ugly Houses® company is purchasing and selling homes nationwide at a record pace, even as some iBuyers have struggled or stopped altogether. HomeVestors’® independently owned and operated franchises in 176 markets nationwide, who live and buy on Main Street, are still buying based on a proven model honed over a quarter century, even as some Wall Street backed buyers have hit “stop” after less than three years because they can’t move their inventory.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · November 3, 2021

An independently owned and operated HomeVestors® franchise in San Bernardino, California completed a dramatic $2 million makeover on a 44-unit apartment complex that had been a blight on its local community. The property, which neighbors an elementary school, had been a public health hazard and shut down by the City of San Bernardino when franchises Berto Ramos and Manuel Ramirez took it on with their “We Buy Ugly Houses®” mentality.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · April 27, 2021

HomeVestors® has announced The Ugliest House Of The Year® 2020, a 2,146 square-foot Knoxville home built in 1945 that was purchased and made over by Gururas “Jean” Khalsa and her husband, Siri, who independently own and operate a franchise of the original “We Buy Ugly Houses®” company. One of nearly 10,000 houses purchased in 2020 by HomeVestors, America’s Number One Home Buyer, Khalsa’s impressive redo was voted The Ugliest House Of The Year from among several nationwide, and celebrated before its renovation with “An Ugly House Dance Party”.
By HomeVestors of America, Inc. · Via Business Wire · April 6, 2021