What cash buyers have been doing here in the last 12 months.
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In Mesa (85205), investors own about 348 tracked properties across 93 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $371,000. 75 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Acquisition pace is accelerating: 75 properties bought in the last 12 months against roughly 46 the year before, up about 63%. Competition for contracts is rising, and buyers who were quiet a year ago are active again.
The median investor-owned home was built around 1989. Only about 10.7% predates 1980, so the stock skews newer and rehab scopes tend to be lighter.
93 cash buyers are active in 85205, and between them they hold about 348 properties. Each averaged under 0.8 purchases over the last 12 months, so the pool is broad rather than concentrated: more names to work, with less riding on any single relationship.
Typical deal size in 85205 sits around $371,000. An average of $841,000 against that median means a handful of large purchases are skewing the mean. Use the median when you price, or you will aim high and lose the middle of the market.
The dominant play is buy & hold, at 87.6% of tracked activity. Buy-and-hold capital prices for yield rather than resale margin, so rent support matters more to these buyers than after-repair comps.
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.