What cash buyers have been doing here in the last 12 months.
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In Columbus, investors own about 43,217 tracked properties across 595 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $134,000. 7,624 were acquired in the last 12 months.
The trend is downward: 7,624 purchases against 18,452 the prior year, a decline of about 59%. Deals take longer to place here, and sellers who price for last year's market will sit.
Half of investor purchases here close below $134,000. Because the average runs to $27,432,000, this market has two populations: a broad base near the median and a thin band of much larger deals.
The dominant play is buy & hold, at 53.0% of tracked activity. Buy-and-hold capital prices for yield rather than resale margin, so rent support matters more to these buyers than after-repair comps.
Investor-held stock here dates to a median of 1987. With 43.8% built before 1980, expect pre-1978 disclosure obligations and aging mechanicals on most of what trades.
Within Columbus, 43224, 43068 and 43209 see the heaviest investor activity — start there before working outward through the rest of the city.
Investor ownership in Columbus runs to roughly 43,217 properties, spread across 595 active buyers. At roughly 12.8 purchases each over the past year, this is a concentrated pool: a handful of operators are doing the bulk of the buying, so relationships matter more than list size.
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.