Decatur, AL investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Decatur, AL metropolitan area recorded 222 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 2,080 sales (11% of sales) across 53,250 single-family homes in 2 county-equivalents — 0.4 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 3% year over year (215 prior). Ranked #297 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Morgan County at 0.5 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Decatur, ALmetro area · Alabama

🔥 #297 of 591 ranked US markets

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

Investor purchases (12 mo)

222

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.4

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+3%

215 → 222 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

11%

222 of 2,080 recorded sales

Turnover

3.9%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

53,250

Where inside Decatur? County by county

Same counting rules at every level. Open a county to see its hottest ZIPs — that's the level you'd actually market at.

Morgan County212 investor purchases · 0.5 per 100 homes · 11% of sales · 39,629 homes3 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
50	35601	Morgan County	112	1.0	19%	5.2%
148	35640	Morgan County	37	0.4	8%	5.1%
158	35603	Morgan County	38	0.3	7%	5.1%

Lawrence County10 investor purchases · 0.1 per 100 homes · 10% of sales · 13,621 homesno ranked ZIPs

No ZIP in Lawrence 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.

The full Decatur, AL market report

Everything above is free and stays free. The full report is the deeper cut of the same public-record counts, market-wide — we'll trade it for your email:

✓Year-over-year: is investor buying here accelerating or cooling?
✓Market-wide distress pipeline: foreclosure, tax-delinquent, vacant counts
✓Owner pools: absentee, high-equity, free-and-clear — the list-pulling math
✓Buyer mix: flips and cash purchases across the whole market
✓Every ranked ZIP in this market, merged into one table (top 25 for the big metros)
✓Works everywhere: one email unlocks every ZIP and market report on the site

No phone number, no credit card. You'll get this report, plus occasional emails about investor buying data and what GoForClose offers. Unsubscribe anytime — one click.

When you've picked your ZIPs in Decatur — the next problem is the list.

This site tells you where investors are buying. It can't tell you who to mail there this week — that takes current county records, not a snapshot. That part is what GoForClose does: fresh courthouse pulls, ranked against what's actually selling, mail run for you. Free to look at how it works; no call required to find out.

See how GoForClose works →