Investor purchase activity, drawn from the last 12 months of records.
Data last updated
In Tacoma (98418), investors own about 26 tracked properties across 16 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $320,000. 10 were acquired in the last 12 months.
Investors bought 10 properties here over 12 months, up roughly 400% from about 2 a year earlier. Rising volume usually means capital returning to the market rather than leaving it.
Investors here buy at a median of $320,000. With an average of $343,000, pricing is consistent across deals — few outliers in either direction.
The dominant play is value-add / rehab, at 95.2% of tracked activity. Rehab-oriented money rewards deals other buyers pass on, so condition matters less here than margin.
Typical construction year on investor-owned property is 1942. With 95.2% built before 1980, expect pre-1978 disclosure obligations and aging mechanicals on most of what trades.
16 cash buyers are active in 98418, and between them they hold about 26 properties. Each averaged under 0.6 purchases over the last 12 months, so the pool is broad rather than concentrated: more names to work, with less riding on any single relationship.
These numbers come from recorded purchases in this ZIP code, updated as new records land. They report what has already happened and are not a prediction or investment advice.