Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Stow, investors own about 257 tracked properties across 22 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $360,000. 61 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Stow has 22 active cash buyers holding roughly 257 properties. Over the last 12 months they averaged under 2.8 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 61 properties in the last 12 months against roughly 50 the year before — up about 22%. Competition for contracts is rising, and buyers who were quiet a year ago are active again.
The median investor purchase lands near $360,000. The average of $406,000 is close behind it, so purchases cluster in a fairly tight band rather than splitting into distinct price tiers.
The dominant play is buy & hold, at 75.1% of tracked activity. Buy-and-hold capital prices for yield rather than resale margin, so rent support matters more to these buyers than after-repair comps.
The median investor-owned home was built around 2020. Only about 9.3% predates 1980, so the stock skews newer and rehab scopes tend to be lighter.
Activity is not spread evenly. ZIP 44224 is absorbing the most investor purchases in Stow, 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.