Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Akron (44314), investors own about 196 tracked properties across 54 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $236,000. 105 were acquired in the last 12 months.
44314 has 54 active cash buyers holding roughly 196 properties. Over the last 12 months they averaged under 1.9 purchases each, so the buyer pool is broad rather than concentrated: more names to work, with fewer deals riding on any single relationship.
Acquisition pace is accelerating. Investors bought 105 properties in the last 12 months against roughly 40 the year before — up about 163%. Competition for contracts is rising, and buyers who were quiet a year ago are active again.
The median investor purchase lands near $236,000. The average of $899,000 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 96.7% 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 1924. About 96.7% 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.