Market snapshot

Sun City, AZ: Cash Buyer Activity

Recorded investor purchases and holdings over the past year.

Data last updated

In Sun City, investors own about 200 tracked properties across 82 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $270,000. 89 were acquired in the last 12 months.

82
Active Cash Buyers
200
Investor-Owned Properties
89
Acquisitions (12 mo)
$270,000
Median Purchase Price

Acquisition Activity

Acquisitions (last 12 mo)89
Acquisitions (last 24 mo)145
Share acquired in last 12 mo44.5%
Average purchase price$742,000
New construction (30 days)0
New construction (60 days)0
New construction (90 days)0
New construction investments154
Gated contacts available109

Property Characteristics

Top property typeSingle Family Residential
Median building size (sqft)1,438
Average building size (sqft)1,575
Median year built1972
Average year built1977
Built before 198077.4%

Investment Strategy Mix

Value-Add / Rehab77.4%
Buy & Hold22.6%
New Construction0.0%

Hottest ZIP codes for investors

85351 · 7685373 · 13
Market read

What investors are doing in Sun City

The trend is upward: 89 purchases this year against 56 last, about 59% more. Expect contracts to move faster and price expectations to firm up.

77.4% of tracked activity in Sun City is value-add / rehab. That favors sellers bringing renovation projects: the capital here is set up to take on work, not to avoid it.

Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 1972. About 77.4% predates 1980, so lead-paint disclosure, older systems and heavier rehab budgets are normal here.

Activity is not spread evenly. ZIPs 85351 and 85373 are absorbing the most investor purchases in Sun City, and they are the fastest place to start a buyer list before working outward through the rest of the city.

Sun City has 82 active cash buyers holding roughly 200 properties. Fewer than 1.1 purchases per buyer over the past year means buying is thinly spread, so breadth of outreach matters more than any one contact.

The median investor purchase lands near $270,000. The gap between that median and the $742,000 average is the story here — a few outsized trades, with the real volume well underneath them.

These numbers come from recorded purchases in this city, updated as new records land. They report what has already happened and are not a prediction or investment advice.

Answers

Answers to the usual questions

How many investors are active in Sun City?
There are 82 active investors owning 200 tracked properties in Sun City.
What is the median investor purchase price in Sun City?
The median investor purchase price is about $270,000 in Sun City.
How active is the Sun City investor market recently?
89 properties were acquired by investors in the last 12 months in Sun City.
Is there recent new-construction investor activity in Sun City?
0 new-construction homes were acquired by investors in Sun City in the last 90 days.

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