Investor purchase activity, drawn from the last 12 months of records.
Data last updated
In Cave Creek (85331), investors own about 382 tracked properties across 77 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $635,000. 297 were acquired in the last 12 months.
The trend is upward: 297 purchases this year against 51 last, about 482% more. Expect contracts to move faster and price expectations to firm up.
Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 1999. Just 6.8% was built before 1980, which keeps renovation scopes and disclosure burdens down.
85331 has 77 active cash buyers holding roughly 382 properties. With about 3.9 purchases per buyer last year, the money here is concentrated in operators who buy continuously — worth identifying the top few before working the rest.
Half of investor purchases here close below $635,000. Because the average runs to $944,000, this market has two populations: a broad base near the median and a thin band of much larger deals.
77.9% of tracked activity in 85331 is buy & hold. Hold strategies mean patient money: slower decisions, but the rent roll carries more weight than the flip math.
Counts and prices here are drawn from recorded investor purchases in this ZIP code and refresh with new records. They are a record of past activity, not a forecast or investment advice.