Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In Roanoke, investors own about 220 tracked properties across 40 active buyers. 42 were acquired in the last 12 months.
The trend is upward: 42 purchases this year against 19 last, about 121% more. Expect contracts to move faster and price expectations to firm up.
Activity is not spread evenly. ZIPs 76262, 76262-5788 and 76262-6154 are absorbing the most investor purchases in Roanoke, and they are the fastest place to start a buyer list before working outward through the rest of the city.
40 cash buyers are active in Roanoke, and between them they hold about 220 properties. Averaging below 1.1 purchases per buyer last year, this is a wide, shallow pool — a numbers game where reach beats depth.
The dominant play is buy & hold, at 96.8% 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. At 3.2% 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.