Cape Girardeau, MO-IL investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metropolitan area recorded 235 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 1,297 sales (18% of sales) across 25,233 single-family homes in 3 county-equivalents — 0.9 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 37% year over year (172 prior). Ranked #31 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Cape Girardeau County at 1.0 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Cape Girardeau, MO-ILmetro area · Missouri + Illinois

🔥 #31 of 591 ranked US markets

Public-record counts · 12 months ending 2026-06-03 · compiled 2026-07-05

Investor purchases (12 mo)

235

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.9

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+37%

172 → 235 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

18%

235 of 1,297 recorded sales

Turnover

5.1%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

25,233

Where inside Cape Girardeau? County by county

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Cape Girardeau County, MO235 investor purchases · 1.0 per 100 homes · 18% of sales · 23,431 homes3 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
14	63703	Cape Girardeau County	68	3.1	43%	7.1%
86	63701	Cape Girardeau County	118	1.1	19%	5.8%
155	63755	Cape Girardeau County	42	0.5	9%	5.2%

Alexander County, IL0 investor purchases · 0.0 per 100 homes · 0% of sales · 888 homesno ranked ZIPs

No ZIP in Alexander County clears the ZIP ranking bars (500 homes, 30 sales, 15 investor purchases) — the county totals above are still real; the activity is just spread thin.

Bollinger County, MO0 investor purchases · 0.0 per 100 homes · 0% of sales · 914 homesno ranked ZIPs

No ZIP in Bollinger County clears the ZIP ranking bars (500 homes, 30 sales, 15 investor purchases) — the county totals above are still real; the activity is just spread thin.

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