Market snapshot

Dallas, TX Cash Buyer Market

Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.

Data last updated

In Dallas, investors own about 13,094 tracked properties across 2,104 active buyers. 2,937 were acquired in the last 12 months.

2,104
Active Cash Buyers
13,094
Investor-Owned Properties
2,937
Acquisitions (12 mo)

Acquisition Activity

Acquisitions (last 12 mo)2,937
Acquisitions (last 24 mo)5,649
Share acquired in last 12 mo22.4%
New construction (30 days)0
New construction (60 days)1
New construction (90 days)6
New construction investments4,189
Gated contacts available7,413

Property Characteristics

Top property typeSingle Family Residential
Median bedrooms3
Median baths2
Median building size (sqft)1,482
Average building size (sqft)1,860
Median year built1984
Average year built1986
Built before 198037.0%

Investment Strategy Mix

Buy & Hold49.2%
Value-Add / Rehab37.0%
New Construction13.8%

Hottest ZIP codes for investors

75216 · 18975217 · 154
Market read

Reading the Dallas market

Across Dallas, 2,104 active buyers account for approximately 13,094 investor-held properties. Averaging below 1.4 purchases per buyer last year, this is a wide, shallow pool — a numbers game where reach beats depth.

Buying concentrates geographically: 75216 and 75217 take the largest share of investor purchases in Dallas, which makes them the obvious first targets before working outward through the rest of the city.

Investors bought 2,937 properties here over 12 months, up roughly 8% from about 2,712 a year earlier. Rising volume usually means capital returning to the market rather than leaving it.

49.2% of tracked activity in Dallas is buy & hold. Because these buyers underwrite to cash flow, a credible rent figure moves a deal further than a renovation estimate.

Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 1984. At 37.0% pre-1980, this is comparatively new housing — lighter rehab, fewer legacy-systems surprises.

Counts and prices here are drawn from recorded investor purchases in this city and refresh with new records. They are a record of past activity, not a forecast or investment advice.

Answers

Answers to the usual questions

How many investors are active in Dallas?
There are 2,104 active investors owning 13,094 tracked properties in Dallas.
How active is the Dallas investor market recently?
2,937 properties were acquired by investors in the last 12 months in Dallas.
Is there recent new-construction investor activity in Dallas?
6 new-construction homes were acquired by investors in Dallas in the last 90 days.

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