Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Barberton, investors own about 843 tracked properties across 44 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $299,000. 234 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Barberton has 44 active cash buyers holding roughly 843 properties. Over the last 12 months they averaged about 5.3 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 234 properties in the last 12 months against roughly 189 the year before — up about 24%. Competition for contracts is rising, and buyers who were quiet a year ago are active again.
The median investor purchase lands near $299,000. The average of $296,000 is close behind it, so purchases cluster in a fairly tight band rather than splitting into distinct price tiers.
The dominant play is new construction, at 44.3% of tracked activity. Buyers here are absorbing newly built inventory, so wholesalers working tired or distressed stock are pitching against the grain of what most of this market's capital is currently doing.
The median investor-owned home was built around 2022. Only about 11.4% predates 1980, so the stock skews newer and rehab scopes tend to be lighter.
Activity is not spread evenly. ZIP 44203 is absorbing the most investor purchases in Barberton, and it is the fastest place to start if you are building a buyer list from scratch.
Figures describe recorded investor purchases in this city and are refreshed as new records are processed. They describe past activity and are not a forecast or investment advice.