Market snapshot

Who Is Buying in Lake Station, IN

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

Data last updated

In Lake Station, investors own about 280 tracked properties across 22 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $50,000. 7 were acquired in the last 12 months.

22
Active Cash Buyers
280
Investor-Owned Properties
7
Acquisitions (12 mo)
$50,000
Median Purchase Price

Acquisition Activity

Acquisitions (last 12 mo)7
Acquisitions (last 24 mo)158
Share acquired in last 12 mo2.5%
Average purchase price$59,000
New construction (30 days)0
New construction (60 days)0
New construction (90 days)0
New construction investments0
Gated contacts available42

Property Characteristics

Top property typeResidential Vacant Land

Investment Strategy Mix

Buy & Hold100.0%
New Construction0.0%
Value-Add / Rehab0.0%

Hottest ZIP codes for investors

46405 · 7
Market read

Reading the Lake Station market

The trend is downward: 7 purchases against 151 the prior year, a decline of about 95%. Deals take longer to place here, and sellers who price for last year's market will sit.

Within Lake Station, ZIP 46405 carries the heaviest investor activity — the obvious place to begin.

Lake Station has 22 active cash buyers holding roughly 280 properties. Fewer than 0.3 purchases per buyer over the past year means buying is thinly spread, so breadth of outreach matters more than any one contact.

Investors here buy at a median of $50,000. With an average of $59,000, pricing is consistent across deals — few outliers in either direction.

The dominant play is buy & hold, at 100.0% 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 city and refresh with new records. They are a record of past activity, not a forecast or investment advice.

Answers

Answers to the usual questions

How many investors are active in Lake Station?
There are 22 active investors owning 280 tracked properties in Lake Station.
What is the median investor purchase price in Lake Station?
The median investor purchase price is about $50,000 in Lake Station.
How active is the Lake Station investor market recently?
7 properties were acquired by investors in the last 12 months in Lake Station.
Is there recent new-construction investor activity in Lake Station?
0 new-construction homes were acquired by investors in Lake Station in the last 90 days.

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