Iowa City, IA investor activity — metro area market report

In the 12 months ending 2026-06-03, the Iowa City, IA metropolitan area recorded 210 investor purchases of single-family homes out of 1,785 sales (12% of sales) across 39,532 single-family homes in 2 county-equivalents — 0.5 investor purchases per 100 homes, up 88% year over year (112 prior). Ranked #186 of 591 qualifying US markets. Counts are aggregates of public property records, compiled 2026-07-05. The hottest county is Johnson County at 0.6 per 100 homes. HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

Iowa City, IAmetro area · Iowa

🔥 #186 of 591 ranked US markets

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

Investor purchases (12 mo)

210

purchases by LLCs & corporations

Per 100 homes

0.5

median ranked market: 0.4

Change vs prior 12 mo

+88%

112 → 210 investor purchases

Share of sales to investors

12%

210 of 1,785 recorded sales

Turnover

4.5%

share of all homes that sold

Single-family homes

39,532

Where inside Iowa City? 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.

Johnson County197 investor purchases · 0.6 per 100 homes · 13% of sales · 33,457 homes4 ranked ZIPs ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
1	52246	Johnson County	97	2.8	40%	7.0%
62	52245	Johnson County	22	0.4	9%	4.5%
73	52240	Johnson County	25	0.4	9%	4.1%
81	52317	Johnson County	16	0.3	7%	4.3%

Washington County13 investor purchases · 0.2 per 100 homes · 5% of sales · 6,075 homesno ranked ZIPs

No ZIP in Washington 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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