What cash buyers have been doing here in the last 12 months.
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In Columbus (43229), investors own about 1,544 tracked properties across 79 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $99,000. 89 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Buying has slowed in 43229 — 89 purchases over 12 months versus about 729 the year before, off roughly 88%. Less competition per contract, but also fewer buyers to place one with.
Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 1971. About 58.6% predates 1980, so lead-paint disclosure, older systems and heavier rehab budgets are normal here.
Across 43229, 79 active buyers account for approximately 1,544 investor-held properties. Averaging below 1.1 purchases per buyer last year, this is a wide, shallow pool — a numbers game where reach beats depth.
The median investor purchase lands near $99,000. The gap between that median and the $260,000 average is the story here — a few outsized trades, with the real volume well underneath them.
Strategy here skews to value-add / rehab, which accounts for 58.6% of tracked deals. That favors sellers bringing renovation projects: the capital here is set up to take on work, not to avoid it.
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.