Investor purchase activity, drawn from the last 12 months of records.
Data last updated
In Des Moines (50317), investors own about 540 tracked properties across 80 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $95,000. 106 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Half of investor purchases here close below $95,000. Because the average runs to $199,000, this market has two populations: a broad base near the median and a thin band of much larger deals.
Investors bought 106 properties here over 12 months, up roughly 14% from about 93 a year earlier. Rising volume usually means capital returning to the market rather than leaving it.
Most capital here runs value-add / rehab — 80.9% of tracked activity. That favors sellers bringing renovation projects: the capital here is set up to take on work, not to avoid it.
The median investor-owned home was built around 1948. 80.9% of the stock is pre-1980 — budget for older wiring, plumbing and the paperwork that comes with it.
There are 80 buyers paying cash in 50317 today, against a standing position of about 540 properties. Each averaged under 1.3 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.
These numbers come from recorded purchases in this ZIP code, updated as new records land. They report what has already happened and are not a prediction or investment advice.