Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Columbus (43026), investors own about 750 tracked properties across 31 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $125,000. 242 were acquired in the last 12 months.
43026 has 31 active cash buyers holding roughly 750 properties. Over the last 12 months they averaged about 7.8 purchases each, which points to a market worked by repeat, high-volume operators rather than one-off purchasers — expect a smaller set of names to account for most of the deal flow.
Acquisition pace is accelerating. Investors bought 242 properties in the last 12 months against roughly 15 the year before — up about 1513%. Competition for contracts is rising, and buyers who were quiet a year ago are active again.
The median investor purchase lands near $125,000. The average of $159,000 sits well above that median, which means a tail of higher-priced deals is pulling the mean up — most activity is happening below the average, and pricing a deal off the median is the safer read.
The dominant play is buy & hold, at 98.6% 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.
The median investor-owned home was built around 2014. Only about 0.9% predates 1980, so the stock skews newer and rehab scopes tend to be lighter.
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.