Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Columbus (43214), investors own about 810 tracked properties across 25 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $95,000. 109 were acquired in the last 12 months.
43214 has 25 active cash buyers holding roughly 810 properties. Over the last 12 months they averaged about 4.4 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 109 properties in the last 12 months against roughly 60 the year before — up about 82%. Competition for contracts is rising, and buyers who were quiet a year ago are active again.
The median investor purchase lands near $95,000. The average of $150,000 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 value-add / rehab, at 97.5% of tracked activity. That favors sellers bringing renovation projects: the capital in this market is set up to take on work, not to avoid it.
The median investor-owned home was built around 1949. About 97.5% predates 1980, so lead-paint disclosure, older systems and heavier rehab budgets are normal here.
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.