What cash buyers have been doing here in the last 12 months.
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In Polk City (50226), investors own about 25 tracked properties across 9 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $260,000. 18 were acquired in the last 12 months.
The trend is upward: 18 purchases this year against 2 last, about 800% more. Expect contracts to move faster and price expectations to firm up.
Across 50226, 9 active buyers account for approximately 25 investor-held properties. At under 2.0 deals per buyer in 12 months, no small group controls this market; expect to work a longer list for the same volume.
Typical deal size in 50226 sits around $260,000. An average of $388,000 against that median means a handful of large purchases are skewing the mean. Use the median when you price, or you will aim high and lose the middle of the market.
Strategy here skews to new construction, which accounts for 76.0% of tracked deals. That appetite for new inventory means condition sells itself — and that rehab-heavy deals are a harder placement than the buyer count implies.
The median investor-owned home was built around 2025. Just 0.0% was built before 1980, which keeps renovation scopes and disclosure burdens down.
All figures above reflect recorded transactions in this ZIP code and update as records are processed. Past activity only — nothing here is a forecast or investment advice.