Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metropolitan area recorded 990 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 6,913 sales (14% of sales) across 123,102 single-family homes in 2 county-equivalents — 0.8 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 34% year over year (738 prior). Ranked #55 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Walton County at 1.4 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FLmetro area · Florida

🔥 #55 of 591 ranked US markets

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

Investor purchases (12 mo)

990

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.8

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+34%

738 → 990 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

14%

990 of 6,913 recorded sales

Turnover

5.6%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

123,102

Where inside Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin? County by county

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Walton County644 investor purchases · 1.4 per 100 homes · 21% of sales · 46,197 homes5 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
4	32461	Walton County	168	3.0	31%	9.8%
28	32459	Walton County	305	1.9	27%	7.0%
34	32550	Walton County	95	1.7	24%	7.2%
302	32439	Walton County	39	0.5	7%	6.9%
387	32433	Walton County	26	0.4	10%	4.0%

Okaloosa County346 investor purchases · 0.5 per 100 homes · 9% of sales · 76,905 homes7 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
91	32541	Okaloosa County	92	1.1	20%	5.3%
197	32548	Okaloosa County	50	0.7	17%	4.1%
266	32547	Okaloosa County	58	0.5	12%	4.5%
422	32569	Okaloosa County	17	0.4	6%	6.0%
434	32536	Okaloosa County	33	0.3	7%	4.8%
504	32539	Okaloosa County	36	0.3	5%	5.7%
583	32578	Okaloosa County	30	0.2	4%	5.3%

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