Why Opendoor Technologies Stock Crashed Today: Real Estate Tech Faces Reality Check

Another day, another tech stock gets a brutal dose of market reality.

Opendoor Technologies just got hammered—and the charts aren't pretty. The iBuyer model, once hailed as the future of real estate, just hit a serious wall.

What Went Wrong?

Market sentiment flipped hard. Rising mortgage rates, cooling housing demand, and operational costs that refuse to shrink. Opendoor’s algorithm-driven home-flipping strategy works great in a bull market—but crumbles when volatility spikes.

Numbers Don’t Lie

Inventory piling up. Margins shrinking. Cash burn accelerating. Classic growth-stock pitfalls, dressed up as disruption.

Finance pros saw it coming—another 'innovative' model that forgot basic economics. When the hype fades, fundamentals always win.

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Is Opendoor bloated and broken?

Rabois and co-founder Eric Wu were brought back to the board of directors yesterday after Kaz Nejatian, formerly chief operating officer of, was appointed CEO. Today, Rabois said of the company's 1,400-member workforce, "I don't know what most of them do." He stressed that a headcount reduction WOULD be coming as more than 200 current employees aren't needed, in his opinion.

Rabois called the workforce "bloated" from the ability to work remotely. He added this:

The culture was broken. These people were working remotely. That doesn't work. This company was founded on the principle of innovation and working together in person. We're going to return to our roots.

Rabois also contended that Opendoor was not, as many investors claim, a meme stock. Shares have rocketed more than 1,300% in the last three months behind retail trader support.

Rather, he said the retail movement in stocks is healthy as consumers, not professional money managers, are deciding what stocks to support.

That's bound to be a controversial point of view. Investors who own Opendoor for the momentum of a meme stock might be dumping shares today. That's probably a smart move, too. Eventually, business fundamentals will win out. A turnaround in the housing sector might be what saves Opendoor's currently unprofitable business, but that remains to be seen.