Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Omaha, investors own about 2,502 tracked properties across 175 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $140,000. 702 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Buying has picked up in Omaha. The last 12 months brought 702 investor purchases versus about 560 the year prior — an increase of roughly 25%, which means more bidders on the same contracts.
Half of investor purchases here close below $140,000. Because the average runs to $919,000, this market has two populations: a broad base near the median and a thin band of much larger deals.
Strategy here skews to value-add / rehab, which accounts for 89.3% of tracked deals. Buyers geared for renovation will look at stock that would not trade in a new-construction market.
Investor-held stock here dates to a median of 1938. About 89.3% predates 1980, so lead-paint disclosure, older systems and heavier rehab budgets are normal here.
Activity is not spread evenly. ZIPs 68111, 68104 and 68107 are absorbing the most investor purchases in Omaha, and they are the fastest place to start a buyer list before working outward through the rest of the city.
175 cash buyers are active in Omaha, and between them they hold about 2,502 properties. With about 4.0 purchases per buyer last year, the money here is concentrated in operators who buy continuously — worth identifying the top few before working the rest.
All figures above reflect recorded transactions in this city and update as records are processed. Past activity only — nothing here is a forecast or investment advice.