Investor purchase activity, drawn from the last 12 months of records.
Data last updated
In Columbus (43026), investors own about 750 tracked properties across 31 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $125,000. 243 were acquired in the last 12 months.
The trend is upward: 243 purchases this year against 13 last, about 1769% more. Expect contracts to move faster and price expectations to firm up.
Strategy here skews to buy & hold, which accounts for 98.6% of tracked deals. Hold strategies mean patient money: slower decisions, but the rent roll carries more weight than the flip math.
Investor-held stock here dates to a median of 2014. Just 0.9% was built before 1980, which keeps renovation scopes and disclosure burdens down.
43026 has 31 active cash buyers holding roughly 750 properties. With about 7.8 purchases per buyer last year, the money here is concentrated in operators who buy continuously — worth identifying the top few before working the rest.
Typical deal size in 43026 sits around $125,000. An average of $159,000 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.
Figures describe recorded investor purchases in this ZIP code and are refreshed as new records are processed. They describe past activity and are not a forecast or investment advice.