Investor purchase activity, drawn from the last 12 months of records.
Data last updated
In Portland (97218), investors own about 103 tracked properties across 34 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $364,000. 20 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Investors here buy at a median of $364,000. The average of $854,000 sits well above it, so a tail of higher-priced deals is pulling the mean up — most activity happens below the average, and pricing off the median is the safer read.
The dominant play is buy & hold, at 47.1% of tracked activity. Because these buyers underwrite to cash flow, a credible rent figure moves a deal further than a renovation estimate.
The median investor-owned home was built around 2004. 43.5% of the stock is pre-1980 — budget for older wiring, plumbing and the paperwork that comes with it.
There are 34 buyers paying cash in 97218 today, against a standing position of about 103 properties. Averaging below 0.6 purchases per buyer last year, this is a wide, shallow pool — a numbers game where reach beats depth.
The trend is downward: 20 purchases against 25 the prior year, a decline of about 20%. Deals take longer to place here, and sellers who price for last year's market will sit.
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.