What cash buyers have been doing here in the last 12 months.
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In Charlotte, investors own about 15,629 tracked properties across 578 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $1,450,000. 4,436 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Typical deal size in Charlotte sits around $1,450,000. An average of $4,410,000 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.
The median investor-owned home was built around 2001. At 23.0% pre-1980, this is comparatively new housing — lighter rehab, fewer legacy-systems surprises.
Deal flow clusters in 90025-5296, 28173-6642 and 29063-9071. Those ZIPs lead Charlotte on investor purchases, so they repay attention first before working outward through the rest of the city.
Across Charlotte, 578 active buyers account for approximately 15,629 investor-held properties. Each averaged about 7.7 purchases over the last 12 months, which is the signature of a market worked by repeat, high-volume operators — expect a short list of names to account for most of the deal flow.
Acquisition pace is cooling: 4,436 properties bought in the last 12 months against roughly 5,560 the year before, down about 20%. Fewer buyers are competing per deal, which usually means more room to negotiate but a longer search for the right one.
Strategy here skews to buy & hold, which accounts for 53.3% of tracked deals. Because these buyers underwrite to cash flow, a credible rent figure moves a deal further than a renovation estimate.
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.