Fort Smith, AR-OK investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Fort Smith, AR-OK metropolitan area recorded 365 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 3,253 sales (11% of sales) across 85,932 single-family homes in 4 county-equivalents — 0.4 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 10% year over year (333 prior). Ranked #288 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Sebastian County at 0.5 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Fort Smith, AR-OKmetro area · Arkansas + Oklahoma

🔥 #288 of 591 ranked US markets

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

Investor purchases (12 mo)

365

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.4

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+10%

333 → 365 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

11%

365 of 3,253 recorded sales

Turnover

3.8%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

85,932

Where inside Fort Smith? County by county

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Sebastian County, AR215 investor purchases · 0.5 per 100 homes · 13% of sales · 43,554 homes5 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
7	72901	Sebastian County	74	1.1	25%	4.4%
51	72903	Sebastian County	38	0.5	12%	4.2%
55	72908	Sebastian County	23	0.5	12%	4.0%
61	72904	Sebastian County	31	0.5	15%	3.0%
83	72936	Sebastian County	15	0.3	7%	4.1%

Sequoyah County, OK49 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 12% of sales · 11,555 homes1 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
106	74955	Sequoyah County	22	0.5	13%	4.2%

Crawford County, AR87 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 10% of sales · 21,497 homes2 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
24	72921	Crawford County	36	0.7	16%	4.6%
77	72956	Crawford County	40	0.3	8%	3.9%

Franklin County, AR14 investor purchases · 0.1 per 100 homes · 5% of sales · 9,326 homesno ranked ZIPs

No ZIP in Franklin 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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