Market snapshot

Surprise, AZ: Cash Buyer Activity

Investor purchase activity, drawn from the last 12 months of records.

Data last updated

In Surprise, investors own about 7,628 tracked properties across 298 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $1,851,000. 1,299 were acquired in the last 12 months.

298
Active Cash Buyers
7,628
Investor-Owned Properties
1,299
Acquisitions (12 mo)
$1,851,000
Median Purchase Price

Acquisition Activity

Acquisitions (last 12 mo)1,299
Acquisitions (last 24 mo)3,171
Share acquired in last 12 mo17.0%
Average purchase price$6,881,000
New construction (30 days)1
New construction (60 days)7
New construction (90 days)15
New construction investments9
Gated contacts available604

Property Characteristics

Top property typeResidential Vacant Land
Median building size (sqft)1,804
Average building size (sqft)1,894
Median year built2006
Average year built2011
Built before 19800.3%

Investment Strategy Mix

Buy & Hold65.0%
New Construction34.7%
Value-Add / Rehab0.3%

Hottest ZIP codes for investors

85387 · 1,05285388 · 8085379 · 76
Market read

Reading the Surprise market

Buying has slowed in Surprise — 1,299 purchases over 12 months versus about 1,872 the year before, off roughly 31%. Less competition per contract, but also fewer buyers to place one with.

Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 2006. Just 0.3% was built before 1980, which keeps renovation scopes and disclosure burdens down.

Within Surprise, 85387, 85388 and 85379 see the heaviest investor activity — start there before working outward through the rest of the city.

Surprise has 298 active cash buyers holding roughly 7,628 properties. Each averaged about 4.4 purchases over the last 12 months, which is the signature of a market worked by repeat, high-volume operators — expect a short list of names to account for most of the deal flow.

The median investor purchase lands near $1,851,000. The gap between that median and the $6,881,000 average is the story here — a few outsized trades, with the real volume well underneath them.

65.0% of tracked activity in Surprise 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 city and refresh with new records. They are a record of past activity, not a forecast or investment advice.

Answers

Common questions

How many investors are active in Surprise?
There are 298 active investors owning 7,628 tracked properties in Surprise.
What is the median investor purchase price in Surprise?
The median investor purchase price is about $1,851,000 in Surprise.
How active is the Surprise investor market recently?
1,299 properties were acquired by investors in the last 12 months in Surprise.
Is there recent new-construction investor activity in Surprise?
15 new-construction homes were acquired by investors in Surprise in the last 90 days.

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