Recorded investor purchases and holdings over the past year.
Data last updated
In Tacoma (98405), investors own about 36 tracked properties across 21 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $369,000. 12 were acquired in the last 12 months.
21
Active Cash Buyers
36
Investor-Owned Properties
12
Acquisitions (12 mo)
$369,000
Median Purchase Price
Acquisition Activity
Acquisitions (last 12 mo)12
Acquisitions (last 24 mo)22
Share acquired in last 12 mo33.3%
Average purchase price$395,000
New construction (30 days)0
New construction (60 days)0
New construction (90 days)0
New construction investments25
Gated contacts available24
Property Characteristics
Top property typeSingle Family Residential
Most common bed / bath3 bd / 1 ba
Median bedrooms3
Median baths1
Median building size (sqft)1,277
Average building size (sqft)1,422
Median year built1943
Average year built1948
Built before 198075.8%
Investment Strategy Mix
Value-Add / Rehab75.8%
Buy & Hold21.2%
New Construction3.0%
Hottest ZIP codes for investors
98404 · 2998405 · 1298418 · 10
Market read
Reading the 98405 market
75.8% of tracked activity in 98405 is value-add / rehab. Buyers geared for renovation will look at stock that would not trade in a new-construction market.
Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 1943. With 75.8% built before 1980, expect pre-1978 disclosure obligations and aging mechanicals on most of what trades.
There are 21 buyers paying cash in 98405 today, against a standing position of about 36 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 upward: 12 purchases this year against 10 last, about 20% more. Expect contracts to move faster and price expectations to firm up.
Investors here buy at a median of $369,000. With an average of $395,000, pricing is consistent across deals — few outliers in either direction.
Counts and prices here are drawn from recorded investor purchases in this ZIP code and refresh with new records. They are a record of past activity, not a forecast or investment advice.