NEW YORK, Feb 24, 2026, 06:05 EST — Premarket
Opendoor Technologies Inc (OPEN.OQ) dropped 4.4% on Monday, ending the session at $4.78. (Reuters)
The decline is hitting Opendoor at a sensitive spot—wedged between mortgage rates and homebuyer appetite. The business model hinges on buying properties outright and flipping them. When lending gets more expensive or shoppers get skittish, the impact tends to surface fast in both transaction counts and the spreads Opendoor can squeeze out of resales.
Mortgage rates dipped below 6% again, with the 30-year fixed landing at 5.99% on Monday. But the jump in buyers hasn’t materialized. “Improving affordability conditions have yet to induce more buying activity,” noted Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors. Yun did mention there are now millions more households who could qualify at these rates. (Business Insider)
Investors dumped stocks on Monday, sending the S&P 500 down 1.04% and the Nasdaq 1.13% lower, as tariff questions and AI disruption jitters spooked the market, Reuters said. “Sell first, assess later,” is how Tom Hainlin, national investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, described the action. (Reuters)
Opendoor is still leaning on the turnaround narrative it rolled out last week. The company wants to hit break-even adjusted net income—excluding certain items on a non-GAAP basis—by the end of 2026. Management is betting on faster inventory turnover and ramped-up home buying to get there. “This quarter demonstrates we are executing on that plan,” CEO Kaz Nejatian said. For the fourth quarter, Opendoor posted $736 million in revenue, but it’s bracing for about a 10% sequential dip in Q1 revenue, and expects an adjusted EBITDA loss somewhere in the low-to-mid $30 million range. (SEC)
Traders are watching to see if looser financing actually drives fresh demand, or merely spurs another wave of refinancing. Opendoor’s business runs smoothly when houses move fast and prices stay firm—but trouble starts if properties sit unsold for too long.
Zillow, Redfin, and mortgage-linked stocks like Rocket usually trade in sync with Opendoor, all reacting to shifts in the housing market. Any jolt in rates or risk sentiment quickly shows up across the group.
Still, the risk isn’t off the table. Should home prices slip or it takes longer to resell, Opendoor could be staring at markdowns and ramped-up carrying costs. Inventory risk? It can escalate quickly.
Tuesday brings a batch of U.S. numbers, starting with the S&P Case-Shiller home price indices at 9 a.m. EST. The Conference Board’s latest read on consumer confidence follows an hour later, at 10 a.m. ET. (S&P Global)
