What cash buyers have been doing here in the last 12 months.
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In Ankeny (50023), investors own about 405 tracked properties across 53 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $258,000. 134 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Buying has picked up in 50023. The last 12 months brought 134 investor purchases versus about 100 the year prior — an increase of roughly 34%, which means more bidders on the same contracts.
Investor-held stock here dates to a median of 2019. At 5.4% pre-1980, this is comparatively new housing — lighter rehab, fewer legacy-systems surprises.
Investor ownership in 50023 runs to roughly 405 properties, spread across 53 active buyers. At under 2.5 deals per buyer in 12 months, no small group controls this market; expect to work a longer list for the same volume.
The median investor purchase lands near $258,000. The gap between that median and the $481,000 average is the story here — a few outsized trades, with the real volume well underneath them.
65.0% of tracked activity in 50023 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.