Market snapshot

Who Is Buying in 43203 (Columbus)

What cash buyers have been doing here in the last 12 months.

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In Columbus (43203), investors own about 274 tracked properties across 42 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $71,000. 26 were acquired in the last 12 months.

42
Active Cash Buyers
274
Investor-Owned Properties
26
Acquisitions (12 mo)
$71,000
Median Purchase Price

Acquisition Activity

Acquisitions (last 12 mo)26
Acquisitions (last 24 mo)85
Share acquired in last 12 mo9.5%
Average purchase price$349,000
New construction (30 days)0
New construction (60 days)0
New construction (90 days)0
New construction investments187
Gated contacts available168

Property Characteristics

Median bedrooms3
Median baths1
Median building size (sqft)1,344
Average building size (sqft)1,652
Median year built1924
Average year built1932
Built before 198087.0%

Investment Strategy Mix

Value-Add / Rehab87.0%
Buy & Hold11.1%
New Construction1.9%

Hottest ZIP codes for investors

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Market read

Reading the 43203 market

Acquisition pace is cooling: 26 properties bought in the last 12 months against roughly 59 the year before, down about 56%. Fewer buyers are competing per deal, which usually means more room to negotiate but a longer search for the right one.

Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 1924. With 87.0% built before 1980, expect pre-1978 disclosure obligations and aging mechanicals on most of what trades.

Investor ownership in 43203 runs to roughly 274 properties, spread across 42 active buyers. At under 0.6 deals per buyer in 12 months, no small group controls this market; expect to work a longer list for the same volume.

The median investor purchase lands near $71,000. The gap between that median and the $349,000 average is the story here — a few outsized trades, with the real volume well underneath them.

Most capital here runs value-add / rehab — 87.0% of tracked activity. Buyers geared for renovation will look at stock that would not trade in a new-construction market.

Counts and prices here are drawn from recorded investor purchases in this ZIP code and refresh with new records. They are a record of past activity, not a forecast or investment advice.

Answers

Answers to the usual questions

How many investors are active in Columbus?
There are 42 active investors owning 274 tracked properties in Columbus.
What is the median investor purchase price in Columbus?
The median investor purchase price is about $71,000 in Columbus.
How active is the Columbus investor market recently?
26 properties were acquired by investors in the last 12 months in Columbus.
Is there recent new-construction investor activity in Columbus?
0 new-construction homes were acquired by investors in Columbus in the last 90 days.

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