Huntsville, AL investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Huntsville, AL metropolitan area recorded 1,154 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 9,471 sales (12% of sales) across 179,711 single-family homes in 2 county-equivalents — 0.6 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 27% year over year (906 prior). Ranked #124 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Madison County at 0.7 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Huntsville, ALmetro area · Alabama

🔥 #124 of 591 ranked US markets

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

Investor purchases (12 mo)

1,154

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.6

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+27%

906 → 1,154 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

12%

1,154 of 9,471 recorded sales

Turnover

5.3%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

179,711

Where inside Huntsville? County by county

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Madison County976 investor purchases · 0.7 per 100 homes · 14% of sales · 139,573 homes10 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
2	35805	Madison County	113	2.3	40%	5.8%
12	35816	Madison County	45	1.7	32%	5.4%
21	35810	Madison County	173	1.5	33%	4.5%
57	35811	Madison County	104	0.9	17%	5.2%
61	35801	Madison County	70	0.8	14%	5.8%
78	35761	Madison County	39	0.7	15%	4.4%
83	35759	Madison County	36	0.7	13%	4.9%
93	35749	Madison County	69	0.6	13%	4.6%
120	35773	Madison County	29	0.5	12%	4.4%
124	35806	Madison County	34	0.5	9%	5.7%

Limestone County178 investor purchases · 0.4 per 100 homes · 8% of sales · 40,138 homes3 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
73	35611	Limestone County	67	0.7	12%	5.9%
152	35756	Limestone County	39	0.4	7%	5.8%
153	35613	Limestone County	40	0.4	6%	5.9%

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