Cash-buyer and investment activity over the last 12 months.
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In University Place, investors own about 24 tracked properties across 14 active buyers, with a median investor purchase price near $495,000. 12 were acquired in the last 12 months.
The trend is upward: 12 purchases this year against 1 last, about 1100% more. Expect contracts to move faster and price expectations to firm up.
Buying concentrates geographically: 98467 and 98466 take the largest share of investor purchases in University Place, which makes them the obvious first targets before working outward through the rest of the city.
Investor ownership in University Place runs to roughly 24 properties, spread across 14 active buyers. At under 0.9 deals per buyer in 12 months, no small group controls this market; expect to work a longer list for the same volume.
The median investor purchase lands near $495,000. An average of $509,000 that close to the median means one price band describes nearly the whole market.
The dominant play is value-add / rehab, at 68.4% of tracked activity. Rehab-oriented money rewards deals other buyers pass on, so condition matters less here than margin.
Investor-held stock here dates to a median of 1969. 68.4% of the stock is pre-1980 — budget for older wiring, plumbing and the paperwork that comes with it.
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.