Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Richardson, investors own about 492 tracked properties across 75 active buyers. 161 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Richardson has 75 active cash buyers holding roughly 492 properties. Over the last 12 months they averaged under 2.1 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 161 properties in the last 12 months against roughly 46 the year before — up about 250%. Competition for contracts is rising, and buyers who were quiet a year ago are active again.
The dominant play is buy & hold, at 65.8% 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 1989. Only about 30.9% predates 1980, so the stock skews newer and rehab scopes tend to be lighter.
Activity is not spread evenly. ZIP 75082 and 75080 are absorbing the most investor purchases in Richardson, 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 city.
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.