What cash buyers have been doing here in the last 12 months.
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In Maricopa County, investors own about 83,122 tracked properties across 2,292 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $2,394,000. 25,069 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Half of investor purchases here close below $2,394,000. Because the average runs to $11,672,000, this market has two populations: a broad base near the median and a thin band of much larger deals.
Strategy here skews to buy & hold, which accounts for 64.6% of tracked deals. Hold strategies mean patient money: slower decisions, but the rent roll carries more weight than the flip math.
Investor-held stock here dates to a median of 2001. Just 19.9% was built before 1980, which keeps renovation scopes and disclosure burdens down.
Deal flow clusters in 85326, 85387 and 85396. Those ZIPs lead Maricopa County on investor purchases, so they repay attention first before working outward through the rest of the county.
Investor ownership in Maricopa County runs to roughly 83,122 properties, spread across 2,292 active buyers. With about 10.9 purchases per buyer last year, the money here is concentrated in operators who buy continuously — worth identifying the top few before working the rest.
Acquisition pace is accelerating: 25,069 properties bought in the last 12 months against roughly 20,866 the year before, up about 20%. Competition for contracts is rising, and buyers who were quiet a year ago are active again.
These numbers come from recorded purchases in this county, updated as new records land. They report what has already happened and are not a prediction or investment advice.