Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Bell County, investors own about 19,459 tracked properties across 250 active buyers. 1,707 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Bell County has 250 active cash buyers holding roughly 19,459 properties. Over the last 12 months they averaged about 6.8 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 cooling. Investors bought 1,707 properties in the last 12 months against roughly 3,460 the year before — down about 51%. Fewer buyers are competing per deal, which usually means more room to negotiate but a longer search for the right one.
The dominant play is buy & hold, at 63.6% 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 1994. Only about 28.9% predates 1980, so the stock skews newer and rehab scopes tend to be lighter.
Activity is not spread evenly. ZIP 76502, 76542 and 76513 are absorbing the most investor purchases in Bell County, and they are the fastest place to start if you are building a buyer list from scratch before working outward through the rest of the county.
Figures describe recorded investor purchases in this county and are refreshed as new records are processed. They describe past activity and are not a forecast or investment advice.