Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Columbus (43201), investors own about 1,057 tracked properties across 68 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $97,000. 123 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Volume fell to 123 investor purchases over the last 12 months from about 180, down some 32%. Negotiating leverage has shifted toward whoever is still buying.
The median investor purchase lands near $97,000. The gap between that median and the $365,000 average is the story here — a few outsized trades, with the real volume well underneath them.
The dominant play is value-add / rehab, at 59.2% of tracked activity. Buyers geared for renovation will look at stock that would not trade in a new-construction market.
Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 1920. With 59.2% built before 1980, expect pre-1978 disclosure obligations and aging mechanicals on most of what trades.
68 cash buyers are active in 43201, and between them they hold about 1,057 properties. At under 1.8 deals per buyer in 12 months, no small group controls this market; expect to work a longer list for the same volume.
These numbers come from recorded purchases in this ZIP code, updated as new records land. They report what has already happened and are not a prediction or investment advice.